Shelley starts a job training in telesales but is still struggling to pay the rent.

Shelley's old friend Phil is now ensconced as his new lodger and is keen to assist in getting him a new job after getting him fired from his last one.

Carol is convinced she's pregnant, and seeks Shelley's wisdom and advice as how to go forward.

When Shelley hears Carol and Graham's plans for early retirement he starts to realize he may have some serious thinking to do about his own financial future.

Shelley'a flat is invaded by journalists from the Fleet Street gutter press, digging around for any dirt he has on a former university friend who is now an MP.

Shelley has spent a long and tiring day in his new job as a London tour guide, and is absolutely exhausted.

Shelley's new weekend job working behind the bar of a quiet pub is going as well as can be expected, until he gets a visit from Jeremy a member of the religious cult, the Christian Soldiers.

Shelley finds a wallet stuffed full of money dropped on the pavement and no indication as to whom the owner might be.

Shelley takes Phil to his first-ever soccer game, and attempts to educate him in the art of terrace etiquette.

Shelley is working as a laborer on a new docklands development, but his team's work is hampered by a reluctant pop star staging a video shoot.

Shelley and Phil are making a good effort to try and have a merry Christmas but their hopes are dashed when a devastated Graham reveals that Carol has left him for another man.

Shelley is left to contemplate the aging process - following slightly painful visits to his optician and dentist.

Shelley's visit to a service station becomes an ordeal when he's caught up in the middle of a robbery by baseball bat-wielding blaggers.