Me And My Girl 01x02 - Design for Living
Ever anxious to get Simon married off,Nell,armed with a list of his old girl-friends,re-acquaints him with Kim Tracy, a nice woman whom he saw shortly after his wife Ruth died. Kim comes to Simon's flat but explains that she is about to get married to somebody else. After she has gone Simon,in Samantha's presence, throws the list of old girl-friends in the bin, but retrieves it after she has left the room.
Me And My Girl 01x01 - I Love You, Samantha
Widower Simon Harrap runs Eye Catchers,an advertising agency,with business partner Derek and,helped by daffy Scots housekeeper Maddie,is raising his thirteen-year-old daughter Samantha. His mother-in-law Nell is critical of his womanizing after he returns from a business trip to Monte Carlo with the leggy Christine and tells him he should consider re-marrying for Samantha's sake. Whilst not going quite that far Simon does turn down a further evening with Christine to be home in time to sample the sausage rolls his daughter has made him.
Me And My Girl 01x03 - The Ideal Husband
Simon tries,in vain,to dissuade Derek from seeing Glenda,a woman with a reputation, behind his wife's back. Next day Simon arrives at the office to find Derek minus his trousers and with no memory of the night before. All is revealed,however, when Mr. Sharma,to whose Indian restaurant Derek went with Glenda,arrives . Glenda had got fed up with Derek going on about how he really loved his wife and thrown his dinner down his trousers. Derek had then knocked himself out and Mr. Sharma had brought him to the office whilst he washed the trousers for him.
Me And My Girl 01x04 - The Home Help
With time on her hands Nell decides she would like to help out at Eye Catchers but only succeeds in getting on Simon's and Derk's nerves so,when Maddie the housekeeper goes on holiday,Simon is delighted that Nell spends her days at home,looking after Samantha. Unfortunately she spends her evenings taking a computer course in the belief that this will make her more efficient on her return to the office.
Me And My Girl 01x05 - Jobs for the Girls
Slimy advertising manager Keating persuades Samantha that she could be the Whoppa Bar Sunshine girl if she sings her song for him but Simon discovers that he has made this promise to several other people,purely to steal their ideas and makes sure Keating is barred by the advertising agencies. To cheer Samantha up he gives his permission for her to have her ears pierced, but she has had them done earlier in the day.
Me And My Girl 01x06 - A Clean Slate
Simon discovers that Samantha has been missing Wednesday afternoons from school, telling the teacher that she is going to see a child psychiatrist. In fact she is going to matinées of Hamlet, because she has a crush on the leading actor and is mortified when she finds out that he is getting married.
Me And My Girl 02x01 - Love and Kittens
After he has fallen into a canal whilst out jogging Simon meets a doctor,Ernestine,who comes to check him out for water poisoning and they start to see each other. However, Ernestine is allergic to cat fur, which is discovered when Simon finds out that Samantha has been looking after a stray cat that she found. Though the cat goes back to its owners the affair with Ernestine ends.
Me And My Girl 02x02 - Let's Talk Turkey
Denis Taylor,who has made his money rearing and selling turkeys, seeks Eye Catchers' advice. Simon sees a street juggler through the window dressed as a turkey and Taylor buys the idea of a man dressed in a turkey costume to promote his campaign. In the absence of the juggler Derek dresses as a turkey,leading to a fight with the street entertainer,the destruction of Derek's costume and no contract from Taylor.
Me And My Girl 02x03 - Sticky Fingers
Samantha is apprehended for shop-lifting but explains she was trying to replace the tape recorder her friend stole as she was being blackmailed by an older girl at school. Simon, Derek and Oscar, a pickpocket apprehended by Nell,pose as gangsters to scare the girl into stopping her blackmail.
Me And My Girl 02x04 - The Kids Are Allright
Simon and Ron,the lazy radiator repairs man, swap jobs for the day and Ron amazes Simon by pulling off a deal. Samantha has befriended a girl called Katie and shares her - to Simon - outlandish dress sense. Simon agrees to the girls going to a pop concert but insists on going too. His staid dress sense embarrasses Samantha but even worse are the attempts of Nell and new client Squiffy Bagshaw to look trendy.
Me And My Girl 02x05 - Leaving on a Jet Plane
Simon gets a job offer in California and Derk,hurt that he was not consulted, invites his friend Fergus to replace Simon. Samantha is worried that if they go to America,Maddie will be jobless so Simon suggests Maddie becomes Derek's house-keeper whilst Derek's wife works for the firm. Derek hates this idea and persuades Simon to stay though Fergus moves in anyway.
Me And My Girl 02x06 - Swings and Roundabouts
When Eye Catchers suffers a cash crisis an Indian entrepreneur,Babu Bhatti,offers to put up the cash if Simon can persuade the visiting Dean Martin to perform at a closing cabaret at a conference he is arranging. Eventually Dean Martin is tracked down on a golf course where Simon accidentally knocks him out with a golf ball and Nell applies First Aid. Dean Martin agrees to sing and the money is handed over though Mr. Bhatti realizes he really wanted Jerry Lewis.
Me And My Girl 02x07 - You Tak' the High Road
Maddie hears from her father that she must return to Scotland and marry a man called Ecky because she has not yet found herself a husband. When Maddie's father arrives various men are passed off as his daughter's intended. He sees through the charade but says she can stay as Ecky doesn't want to marry her after all. Simon and Samantha have their first disagreement over the family holiday.
Me And My Girl 03x01 - On Approval
Simon and Samantha return from their holidays to find that Maddie has got married at last and moved out,leaving her sister Isobel as her replacement. Isobel is not just clumsy but a terrible cook and Simon considers sacking her but Samantha gets him to relent and he gives Isobel a month on approval to come up to scratch.
Me And My Girl 03x02 - Wild About Harry
When Samantha wants to know more about her mother,Ruth,all Simon will say is that she had no faults beyond using his tooth-brush. She then goes to Nell and Derek for more information but Simon has primed them not to mention Harry. Eventually she learns from Simon that Harry was the man Ruth dated before he married her. Ruth had asked Simon to teach Samantha to abhor violence,and she promises she always will. She also stops using his tooth-brush.
Me And My Girl 03x03 - Dangerous Corner
Simon and Derek are not impressed by potential client Mervyn Drover,a heavy drinker who will offer them a contract if they put his girl-friend on the pay-roll. Soon after they learn that Nell,doing crossing duty at Samantha's school,has been knocked down by a car - driven by Mervyn Drover. He threatens to sue Nell but backs down when Simon claims he has evidence of Drover's drinking. They also negotiate the contract on their own terms.
Me And My Girl 03x04 - Goodbye Forever
After rowing with his wife Muriel Derek moves in with the Harraps but the men decide not to tell Samantha what is happening as they think that she is too young to understand about marital difficulties. However,after Samantha has been to see Derek's daughter Annabelle,it turns out that the two girls got the warring couple back together again.
Me And My Girl 03x05 - A Woman of Taste
Simon is out to renew the firm's valuable contract with Britannia Biscuits and shows its elegant female marketing director, Portland McIntyre, a video of its achievements. Unfortunately a porn film has been substituted but Simon wins Portland over by showing her what a skilled researcher he is. Besides, Eye Catchers is cheaper than the other agencies.
Me And My Girl 03x06 - Put Yourself in My Place
Whilst Simon needs a bank loan Fergus needs to impress girl-friend Anthea and persuades Derek to pretend that Fergus is his boss,using Derek's office. Alas,Anthea is not impressed by Derek and wants him sacked. She also mistakes Nell for the cleaning lady and Samantha for Fergus's daughter and is angry with him for not declaring his children. Fortunately the bank manager sorts things out for all concerned.
Me And My Girl 03x07 - Sam Who?
Simon's latest date Helen says that she is frustrated by having lots of children and asks to meet at his house to get away from them. Anxious to impress Simon denies Samantha's existence but is caught out when Samantha,on holiday in France,rings him and he has to confess. Helen then says that she does not have lots of children,it was an excuse to get to go out with Simon and she is child-friendly after all.
Me And My Girl 03x08 - One Wild and Foolish Moment
After being beaten at squash by Simon,Derek bets his wife's car against Fergus's car that Simon will beat Fergus at squash - which he does. The bet is cancelled but is on again when Fergus's daughter and Samantha both audition for the same part. Unfortunately yelling her support for her father at squash means that Samantha has lost her voice.
Me And My Girl 03x09 - Forty Years On
When Simon learns that his new client,Mr. Brocklebank is an old flame of Nell's from forty years earlier he resolves to get them back together. However,Mr. Brocklebank is now married. Isobel the housekeeper,thanks to secretary Liz,does get a date though - with Joe,a charming black man.
Me And My Girl 03x10 - Picture of Harmony
Samantha and her new friend Gemma Tindle plot to get Simon off with Gemma's mother,Laura, an artist. However Laura's impressionistic portrait of Simon, painting him as a sad,lonely man,brings their acquaintance to an end,whilst their two daughters also stop seeing each other.
Me And My Girl 03x11 - An Inspector Calls
While Simon is in hospital with appendicitis, the VAT man comes to inspect the firm's books.
Me And My Girl 03x12 - Nothing Like a Quiet Sunday
Simon finds a young girl,Jennifer,drunk in the street. He brings her home to sleep it off and gallantly gives her his bed while he sleeps on the sofa. Next day,however, she tells Samantha that she is Simon's betrothed and they are going to get married. Among the celebrants is Jerry,Jennifer's boy-friend,who is out to do Simon some harm but Jennifer apologizes as she has been using Simon, in order to make Jerry,previously frightened of commitment,to shape up and come to see that he loves her.
Me And My Girl 03x13 - Faraway Places
A client promises the Harraps a holiday in Greece in exchange for making a video but on arrival at the airport they discover the tickets are worthless as the company has gone bust. Fortunately Nell's friend Pinky saw this coming and made sure the company never got the tapes as well as providing them all with a holiday in his country cottage.
Me And My Girl 04x01 - Love's Young Dream
Simon has to accept that Samantha is growing up when she tells him that she is in love with a teen-aged boy called Jeremy and his paternal,protective instincts surface. When Jeremy asks him to tell Samantha something on his behalf,he fears the worst but the news is that Jeremy has to move abroad with his family and he tells Samantha himself. She is upset but comes to accept it. Derek,meanwhile, finds that his wife is pregnant.
Me And My Girl 04x02 - Marriage in Haste
Simon and Samantha are pleased for Nell that her friendship with Pinky is progressing and encourage Pinky to propose to her. They are all shocked therefore when she meets Major Pendleton who,whilst having a wife in Canada, books the local church for a wedding in the name of Pendleton. It turns out that the groom is actually the major's ancient father while Nell and Pinky decide that they are happy being just good friends.
Me And My Girl 04x03 - The Rhinoceros and the Pussycat
Simon falls out with Nell after rejecting her offer to help in the agency. Hurt,she announces that she is moving to Spain. Samantha attempts to get them to reconcile but in vain. Then Isobel tells Simon that Samantha has left home and will only return when her grand-mother and father make up.. . which they do,leaving Samantha to emerge from her room,where she had been hiding all along. Derek smartens himself up and wins a fashion contract.
Me And My Girl 04x04 - Poor Uncle Derek
Samantha has a pet hamster and calls it Uncle Derek,due to its facial resemblance to her father's business partner. The hamster gets ill and,when Fergus overhears Samantha bewailing the fact that 'Poor old Uncle Derek might die',he gets the wrong idea. Derek himself has back pains and is not cheered to hear Fergus's condolences. Preparing for the worst he signs over his partnership to Fergus and is not best pleased when the truth comes out and he is revealed to be in no danger from dying but given Fergus his share of the business.
