Father, Dear Father - Season 7 (1973)

Returning from their honeymoon Anna and Tim see a flat that is suitable but they are four thousand pounds short of the price. Patrick supplies the difference but,fearing the young couple will refuse his charity,claims it's a legacy from recently deceased Uncle Emlyn in Wales. They send a wreath for his funeral - but then Uncle Emlyn turns up,wanting to know what is going on.

Bill has a younger girl-friend,Gloria,whom he is seeing at a holiday cabin and asks Patrick to keep his secret. Having mistaken a charity collector for Gloria,and attempted to hide her in a closet, Patrick has to pretend that she is his date,and not Bill's, for Barbara's benefit, ending up with her girdle.

After reading a book on self-assertiveness Patrick tells Tim that,if he wants a raise,he should be more forceful but,when Tim tells his boss,Mr. Fletcher,he'll leave if he doesn't get the pay rise,Fletcher,who has also read the book,calls his bluff and lets him go. Patrick gets everybody to ring the office to give the impression Tim is indispensable and he gets his job back but, sadly, has got the impression he is so in demand he can go elsewhere.