TV series
Lee is a childish northerner who lives in a fancy penthouse apartment in London who goes through a variety of jobs such as a janitor and ice cream man, as well as attempting relationships with female flatmates. His best mate, Daily Mail reading, middle-class citizen Tim is always there to stop Lee from getting in trouble, or not? Mayhem is never far away with cleaner Barbara who has never done an honest day's work in her life.
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Checked Sep 4, 2026
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Lee is a childish northerner who lives in a fancy penthouse apartment in London who goes through a variety of jobs such as a janitor and ice cream man, as well as attempting relationships with female flatmates. His best mate, Daily Mail reading, middle-class citizen Tim is always there to stop Lee from getting in trouble, or not? Mayhem is never far away with cleaner Barbara who has never done an honest day's work in her life.
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Episode 1
Tim decides to sell the flat, so Lee sets to work putting off prospective buyers.
Directed by Alex HardcastleWritten by Peter Tilbury, Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Lee MackGuest stars Kim Wall, Jennifer McEvoy, Stewart Francis
Episode 2
Lucy persuades Lee to pretend to be gay after she lies to a business acquaintance Guy, who she was told is gay himself, by telling him she lives with a gay flatmate to prove she is not homophobic. However, Guy soon starts to get suspicious and tests Lee's sexuality by taking him to a gay bar. Later, Guy overhears Lee saying to Tim, who had started to think Lee was gay, that he is not gay. When Lucy then explains to Guy what happened, he reveals he is not gay and he and Lucy kiss.
Directed by Alex HardcastleWritten by Andrew Collins, Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Lee MackGuest stars Simon Dutton, Aimee Cowen
Episode 3
Lucy and Guy are going out with each other, and Guy has practically moved in. This annoys Lee who thinks Guy is too old for her. Lee soon discovers that Guy owns a lap dancing club. While at the club, Lee and Tim see Rose (Thaila Zucchi), a librarian that Tim has been seeing, and discover she is a lapdancer. Tim later dumps her, but then changes his mind. However, Rose refuses to get back together. Meanwhile, Lucy dumps Guy but they soon get back together but agree to take their relationship more slowly.
Directed by Alex HardcastleWritten by Peter Tilbury, Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Lee MackGuest stars Simon Dutton, Thaila Zucchi, Kate G. Laycy
Episode 4
When Guy's daughter Chloe gets appendicitis, Lee and Tim are left looking after her son Dillon while Guy and Lucy visit her. While in their care, Dillon swallows a subbuteo football and Lee and Tim have problems locating it, and try to think of ways to get it out of his body. However, it later turns out Dillon did not swallow it after all. Lucy is worried about the age gap between her and Guy.
Directed by Alex HardcastleWritten by Andrew Collins, Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Lee MackGuest stars Simon Dutton, Oriane Messina, Cressida Whyte, Felix Forbes, Maxi Forbes
Episode 5
In an effort to appear as intellectual as Lucy's friends, Lee shows off his 'knowledge' of the art world - holding forth on the subject of an unknown artist, who his cleaner Barbara has told him is the next big thing. When Lucy takes the advice and invests a fortune in the artist's work, Lee is left trying to prevent her from finding out the artist is actually a nobody.
Directed by Alex HardcastleWritten by Andrew Collins, Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Lee MackGuest stars Simon Dutton, Kika Mirylees, Justin Edwards, Kerry Shale, Jonathan Coote
Episode 6
As Lucy and Guy's relationship intensifies, Lee starts to ponder his lack of a girlfriend and, encouraged by Barbara, tries speed dating. Tim is forced to go on a disastrous date with Barbara in order to prove that he sees her as more than 'the help'.
Directed by Alex HardcastleWritten by Andrew Collins, Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Lee MackGuest stars Katy Wix, Clare Thomson, Louise Fullerton, Damian Kell
Episode 7
Guy showers Lucy with expensive gifts and whisks her away for a weekend.
Directed by Alex HardcastleWritten by Peter Tilbury, Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Lee MackGuest stars Simon Dutton, Edward Halsted
Episode 8
Lee's plan to spend time alone with Lucy at Christmas is threatened.
Directed by Alex HardcastleWritten by Andrew Collins, Simon Evans, Paul Kerensa, Lee MackGuest stars Katy Wix, Deborah Grant, Timothy West
Episode information updated Sep 15, 2026
Lee MackLee
Sally BrettonLucy Adams
Megan DoddsKate
Katy WixDaisy
Bobby BallFrank
Tim VineTim Adams
Miranda HartAcupuncturist
Geoffrey WhiteheadGeoffrey Adams
BBC OneUnited Kingdom
Avalon TelevisionUnited Kingdom
