Seven months after Patrick gunned down his garden gnomes in cold blood, Victor still has a score to settle with his next-door neighbour. Meanwhile, down on his allotment all is not what it would appear with a pile of horse manure bought from a dodgy character.

A mistake on a catalogue order form results in 263 garden gnomes being delivered to the Meldrews' house.

The Meldrews meet Pippa's father, Reverend Croker, a vicar who thinks he has lost his faith and Victor learns more about Mrs Burridge, a video-store worker with whom he had a conflict.

Victor is unable to sleep, and things get so desperate that he contemplates opening Ronnie and Mildred's Christmas present from last year. 

Victor and Margaret head off for a weekend at the seaside. Victor is presented with a most unusual and unwelcome gift. 

Unexpected visitors drop in and mistakenly suspect Victor of killing an elderly blind man. A concert gives Victor the chance to use his ventriloquist's dummy. 

Margaret joins the local amateur dramatic society and takes Victor to a Bergerac party. Meanwhile, Margaret's mother manages to get stuck in the bath with wallpaper paste. 

Victor and Margaret agree to look after Kylie the tortoise whilst Margaret's god daughter Jennifer goes on holiday. 

The Meldrews return from a disastrous Greek holiday to discover that their home has burnt down. Six months and a pile of insurance headaches later, they are ensconced in their new home and decide to throw a house-warming party. What could possibly go wrong?