The Radford children return to education after months off due to the pandemic, and with 11-year-old Max starting at a new high school his parents anxiously wait to see how his first day went. Noel adopts a radical approach to device addiction and takes the older kids on an adventure, while Sue gets some much-needed quiet time at home with the little ones.

With 10 teenagers now living in the Radford house, their laziness is driving mum Sue to take up DIY projects, leaving the house in chaos as they drag on. Sue wants a third French bulldog and while Noel says that isn't going to happen, she gets her own way, and there is another addition to the family, albeit just a new puppy.