Eric buys a transport café and turns it into a smart roadhouse. However this alienates the customers and so to get them back, he tries to make things more earthy.

Mr Brown stays next door when he has the decorators in to his house.

Eric and Hattie enjoy a holiday in Scotland with Mr Brown, but after they speed home on the sleeper, they end up in Darlington.

Hattie gets a kitten called Tiddles, but Eric finds himself in an encounter with Major Crombie-Crombie, who really hates cats.

Hattie is on the look for some eligible bachelors. After she meets some, Eric realises how different - and difficult - his life would be without her.

After being bitten by a dog, Eric consults his doctor, and suddenly finds himself afflicted by a less easily treated malady.

Eric and Hattie are alarmed when they find a mouse in the house. After trying several ways of getting rid of it, Eric is forced to call in the big guns.

Eric is taking the rubbish out when a gust of wind distributes it over his neighbour's path, which is only the start of a disastrous mess.

Eric abandons his domestic lifestyle and takes a step into the working world when he joins Hattie at the local factory.

The local football team needs a new referee - one who is kindly but firm and worthy of respect. Instead, they choose Eric.

Eric and Hattie are visited by a mysterious stranger who claims that he has returned to honour a childhood promise.

Eric persuades Mr Brown to lend his new boat to Eric, who finds navigation much harder than talking about the South China Sea.

10-year-old Amanda comes to stay for the weekend. Eric, reminded of his sister's love of practical jokes, suspects Amanda is not as innocent as she looks.

Eric takes up walking and aims to go big, hoping to reach Olympic level. Mr Brown is not so convinced.

Eric is in Mr Brown's bad books after his embarrassing antics at the club guest night, but his neighbour changes his tune when he discovers the identity of Eric's uncle.

Eric buys a dog after a series of burglaries in the neighbourhood - before realising the Sykes household doesn't really have anything worth stealing.