TV series
The Instagram parents are lying.
Exposing the parental-paradox that it is possible, in the very same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Exposing the parental-paradox that it is possible, in the very same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there.
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Episode 1
With Luke refusing to live with his dad, Paul is staying at honeymooning Leah’s house. Ally begins to feel the strain, while a distressing event from the family’s past has a surprising present-day echo.
Guest stars Alun Armstrong, Joanna Bacon, George Wakeman, Jayda Eyles, Sally Phillips, Natalie Walter, Katie Males
Episode 2
Ally fears she might lose her job and her mind as the company collapses and her HRT medications become unavailable. Luke’s panic attack ends Paul’s leisurely life at Leah’s. An increasingly isolated Ava faces a huge change.
Guest stars Patrick Baladi, Alun Armstrong, Joanna Bacon, Sally Phillips, Andi Osho
Episode 3
A back injury leaves Paul high on Leah's supply, as he raids her collection of heavy-duty painkillers. As Luke and his dad get closer, Ally and Ava drift further apart, and Ally looks for someone to blame.
Guest stars Patrick Baladi, Alun Armstrong, Joanna Bacon, Stella Gonet, Hugh Quarshie, Andi Osho
Episode 4
Ally and Paul each learns the truth about a thing that has been terrifying them - for Ally, her job and for Paul, his MRI result. Ava and Luke both feel frozen out by the people they care most about.
Guest stars Patrick Baladi, Aliyah Sesay, Jordan A. Nash, Andi Osho
Episode 5
An ambitious Ally sets out to save the company and throw a memorable birthday party for Ava, just as Paul, passed over for promotion yet again, wonders if he ever had any ambition to start with.
Guest stars Tim Steed, Patrick Baladi, Alun Armstrong, Joanna Bacon, Stella Gonet, Hugh Quarshie, Aliyah Sesay, Amanda Bright
Episode 6
A devastated Paul is forced by his new boss to make funding cuts. After Ally's attempt to impress Ava ends in humiliation, she tells Paul some home truths, just as Jackie realizes a terrible truth about a dying friend.
Guest stars Tim Steed, Alun Armstrong, Joanna Bacon, Aliyah Sesay
Episode 7
After an apparent reconciliation with Ally, Paul's rage returns with a vengeance when he realizes that Ava has done something that could ruin her life. Luke and Jacob reunite, but things are becoming more complicated.
Written by Taylor GlennGuest stars Aliyah Sesay, Jordan A. Nash
Episode 8
Paul takes his parents on a day-trip to the countryside, to recreate a cherished memory. But the revelation of a number of secrets leaves all three of them reeling.
Guest stars Alun Armstrong, Joanna Bacon
Episode 9
Jim and Jackie are both struggling under their new circumstances. Luke has to choose between Jacob and Ruby. At Alex's 65th birthday party, Ally meets someone who makes her see Paul in a new light.
Guest stars Patrick Baladi, Alun Armstrong, Joanna Bacon, Stella Gonet, Hugh Quarshie, Aliyah Sesay, Jordan A. Nash
Episode 10
A furious argument between Paul and Ally is interrupted by Ava's news about Jim. Luke is happier than ever, a newly confident Ava stands up to her dad, but Paul and Ally need to decide - is this it?
Guest stars Patrick Baladi, Alun Armstrong, Joanna Bacon, Aliyah Sesay, Jordan A. Nash, Andi Osho
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Martin FreemanPaul Worsley
Daisy HaggardAlly Grant
Oscar KennedyLuke Worsley
George WakemanLuke Worsley
Jayda EylesAva Worsley
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