Dorothy invites two MP friends to the house to discuss an idea she's had. With one of them Conservative and one a socialist, there's bound to be tension - but from and towards whom?

It is Dorothy's birthday, and she decides that she wants a picnic in the beautiful English countryside. Much to Robert's dismay, she soon invites two loud American friends, and things immediately start going awry...

A mystery critic, 'Humilitas', has picked up a prize tearing into Dorothy's work in The Telegraph. She's definitely not at all bothered by it, and delighted to be attending a local literary circle meeting later the same day!

Both Robert and Dorothy are struck down with a mystery illness. Bed-ridden, neither have anyone to look after them, and tensions rise to breaking point when a market researcher comes to the door!

Dorothy's chauffeur, Vincent, and his wife make a bid for Robert's job in the McNab household. Robert's happy to call their bluff. Dorothy is a little less enthusiastic...

Dorothy has her heart set on getting a dog. As ever, Robert does not share her enthusiasm, and with a particularly highly strung woman selling the bitch, it looks like he may get his way.

A product of the nation that gave the world the "baked bean", Robert considers freezers to be the sign of a lazy cook, destroying the individual. Unfortunately, Dorothy's already ordered one. It's just a matter of who holds the stronger will...

Robert and Dorothy return to London after a Scottish holiday to find an invitation to lunch at Buckingham Palace on the mat; cue a mad rush to get the American into a suitably English state of dress and manner!