Mrs Merton & Malcolm - Season 1 (1999)

Malcolm can't hide his excitement on the morning of his 37th birthday, Arthur Capstick calls round with a bag of sherbet lemons for Mr. Merton, and a lack of guests sees the party get off to a disappointingly slow start.

Mrs. Merton agrees to do a bit of babysitting for a pregnant neighbour, Malcolm receives the first reply from his pen pal of twenty-six years, and Arthur shows off his fancy footwork when he joins in with a Riverdance.

Malcolm manages to arrange a date with Judith Potts from the chemist, Arthur forgets to put some stuff on Mr. Merton's troublesome gums, and Mrs. Merton tries to make sure that her son looks a right bobby-dazzler.