After You've Gone
After You've Gone is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC One from 12 January 2007 to 21 December 2008. Starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, Celia Imrie, Dani Harmer and Ryan Sampson, the three season comedy follows handyman Jimmy Venables, who moves in with his teenage children and his mother-in-law Diana after his ex-wife Ann goes to Africa to help with a flood.
Seasons
1. Stuck in the Middle with You
Air Date: 2007-01-12
When nurse Ann Venables goes to Africa to help out with a disaster relief effort, she leaves her teenage children Alex and Molly in the care of her ex Jimmy and her mother Diana. The kids try to exploit the fact that the easygoing handyman and his posh ex-mother-in-law cross swords at every turn, ultimately leading to the realisation that in order to survive their mom's absence, the kids need them both.
2. Silence of the Clams
Air Date: 2007-01-19
Jimmy overcompensates for his previous paternal failings by letting his kids throw a party. Knowing Diana would disapprove, Jimmy agrees not to tell her and keep her away on party night. Under the pretext of seeking advice on matters 'too personal' to discuss around the kids, he invites her to dinner. At Diana's favourite restaurant, Jimmy discovers that while he and the kids have been sneaking around behind Diana's back, Diana has been sneaking around theirs.
3. Lock Back in Anger
Air Date: 2007-01-26
After Jimmy's van and all its contents—including his tools and his jacket with his keys in the pocket—gets stolen, Diana insists they change all the locks. This leads to a standoff between Jimmy's laissez-faire attitude and Diana's belief in the heat of battle about whose house this is, Diana reminds Jimmy that since she and her husband gave Ann the deposit on for the house, the place is partly hers.
4. Ripped Off
Air Date: 2007-02-02
Jimmy's financial woes are getting out of hand and he has to nick the kids' money on the sly, until he gets caught by Diana when he is in fiduciary trouble at the bank,
5. School of Hard Knocks
Air Date: 2007-02-09
When Alex's teacher writes home to say that 'Alex is possibly gifted but we'll never know because he has the attention span of a gnat', Jimmy latches onto 'gifted' while Diana's focus is on 'not living up to his pontential'. Alex being under the microscope gives Molly the chance to fly under the radar and do what she wants for a while.
6. Let's Get Quizzical
Air Date: 2007-02-16
Jimmy loses at a pub quiz and he seeks Diana's help for the next one. Diana goes along for a fun night out. Molly stays out with a friend but returns in the early morning hours.
7. Out of Africa
Air Date: 2007-02-23
Ann's colleague and new partner Dr. Howard Banks visits to raise relief funds. Diana and the kids like him but Jimmy doesn't, and the disdain deepens when Howard tells Diana that he and Ann want Molly and Alex to live with them in Africa.
1. Web of Deceit
Air Date: 2007-09-07
Diana takes the kids to Africa, leaving Jimmy in charge. Upon return, there's a surprise in store: Jimmy's buried under a pile of pizza boxes.
2. Rose Tattoo
Air Date: 2007-09-14
Jimmy accidently sees Diana naked in the shower and Molly takes advantance of his shock by gettting him to agree to her having a tattoo. Meanwhile, Alex takes an aptitude test and the results indicate that accountancy is an appropriate career.
3. Tell Tale
Air Date: 2007-09-21
Jimmy plans a poker game with Kev, Siobhan and Bobby, but when Bobby drops out, Diana steps in and, with a little inside info, is able to see through Jimmy's bluffing. Meanwhile, Molly is eager to look better than rival Becky in the school photograph.
4. Meet the Parent
Air Date: 2007-09-28
Jimmy is invited out to meet Siobhan's father David, and his nerves aren't helped when Diana tags along. Soon enough, Diana and David hit it off but when Diana wants out, it's up to Jimmy to help her end things.
5. Love and War
Air Date: 2007-10-05
Jimmy's plans for a leisurely weekend are upended when Diana makes a surprising and unwelcome discovery about the past. Cue Jimmy having to run around trying to find out who was having an affair with Diana's husband before he died. Whilst the attention of the adults is elsewhere, Molly and Alex's tit for tat war starts to get out of hand.
6. When She Came Back
Air Date: 2007-10-12
Ann returns to announce that she's marrying Howard and that she wants Alex and Molly to join them in Africa. She even moves in, evicting both Jimmy and her own mother!
7. Ride of the Valkyrie
Air Date: 2007-10-19
Diana's friend Pam seeks a home decorator so Diana sends Jimmy and Kev to her, causing nothing short of chaos.
8. Just Say No
Air Date: 2007-10-26
After a trip to hospital for rupturing himself at work, Jimmy reveals feelings no one knew he had — least of all Jimmy himself.
9. And So This Is Christmas
Air Date: 2007-12-23
Jimmy and Diana join forces to give the kids a normal, traditional family Christmas – but this is not a normal, traditional family! Meanwhile, the school play puts everyone under pressure.
1. Dawn of the Dad
Air Date: 2008-09-14
Jimmy decides that he wants to a proper father to his children and parent without Diana's help. As expected, things don't quite as he planned though.
2. Not Love Actually
Air Date: 2008-09-21
Jimmy thinks that Siobhan will want to be engaged to him after he learns that Kev has gotten engaged.
3. Going Solo
Air Date: 2008-09-28
Diana challenges Jimmy to audition for her choral society but she isn't prepared for the results.
4. Bad, Bad Old Days
Air Date: 2008-10-17
Kev and Bobby take action when they think that Jimmy has started drinking again after splitting up with Siobhan.
5. The Lure of the Rings
Air Date: 2008-10-24
When Jimmy discovers what Alex has been up to in his room, he finds his parenting skills pushed to the limit.
6. Damaged
Air Date: 2008-10-31
Jimmy finds both his work and social lives affected after Kev is injured at work.
7. The Law of the Skip
Air Date: 2008-11-07
When Jimmy brings home a table tennis set, chaos ensues.
8. Too Cool for School
Air Date: 2008-11-21
Jimmy decides to start training after Diana mocks his physical attributes.
9. There Will be Pud
Air Date: 2008-12-21
Jimmy is looking forward to a nice quiet Chrstmas until fate and a farmyard animal become involved.
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Rating
4.8/10
Release Date
2007-01-12
Episodes
25 (3 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
Rude Boy Productions
BBC