Ex-teacher Jim Dixon ( Enn Reitel ) is back in England and, with no place of his own, moves in with friends Philip and Joanna Lassiter ( David Simeon and Barbara Flynn ). He is given messy jobs such as feeding their baby. When a cleaner calls round, Jim is surprised to see it is not an old woman with varicose veins, but a young trendy bloke. The job pays well, says the man, and there are fringe benefits such as lots of bored, attractive housewives eager for excitement. Jim decides to become a domestic...
A decent enough second episode. Things don't quite go according to plan for Jim. His first client is a camp man called 'Lambert' ( played by David Rayner from 'Not On Your Nellie' ). The work is tiring. When Jim calls on attractive 'Veronica Allen' ( Wanda Ventham ), however, it looks as though his luck has changed...
Ventham's real-life husband Timothy Carlton ( remember him as interviewer 'Colin Pillock' from 'The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin' ? ) is here too, playing 'Frank Allen. Lucky Jim gets to wine and dine Lucy in Alvaro's fashionable restaurant. She seems taken with him despite their character differences.
Funniest moment - Jim taking a bath in the Allen residence, only for their daughter to come home unexpectedly early from school.
A decent enough second episode. Things don't quite go according to plan for Jim. His first client is a camp man called 'Lambert' ( played by David Rayner from 'Not On Your Nellie' ). The work is tiring. When Jim calls on attractive 'Veronica Allen' ( Wanda Ventham ), however, it looks as though his luck has changed...
Ventham's real-life husband Timothy Carlton ( remember him as interviewer 'Colin Pillock' from 'The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin' ? ) is here too, playing 'Frank Allen. Lucky Jim gets to wine and dine Lucy in Alvaro's fashionable restaurant. She seems taken with him despite their character differences.
Funniest moment - Jim taking a bath in the Allen residence, only for their daughter to come home unexpectedly early from school.