A French foreign exchange student comes to stay with the family. When Sally realises she's lost her wedding ring, suspicion falls immediately upon the stranger in the house - could this be the beginnings of an international incident?

Hearing that market second-hand-stall holder Ellie needs to go into hospital for a couple of days, Sally - fresh with inspiration to help, after listening to a radio sermon - offers to run it. Her efforts are undermined when the children's friends start donating items without permission.

It has been normal for Sally and the boys to spend their holidays in England, but David and Jane have always gone abroad. Now, for their first holiday as a single family of five, Sally is persuaded to go continental...

After Peter and Jane get into a spot of trouble at school, Sally and David invite the two respective teachers for a barbecue to smooth things over, but neither are aware that the pair are romantically involved with each other!

On her way to buy a sauna bath, Sally has an accident in David's car. As she conceals both events from David, and with the children talking of a friend's parents' divorce, he begins to feel uncomfortable about her keeping secrets...!

Sally wonders if she may be pregnant, but the doctor quickly reports a negative test. Of course, that's not stopping Peter, Simon, Jane, Auntie, and eventually even David from getting the wrong end of the stick - not to mention the rest of the town!

When a neighbour promises Sally the loan of a caravan to take her family on holiday, she is ill-prepared for the ramshackle old vehicle that arrives. With the whole family aghast, how can they possibly get out of it without appearing ungrateful?