The Brittas Empire - Season 2 (1992)

Gordon managed to annoy the Rotarians at a dinner to the extent that they set his feet in concrete. He enlists private consultant Graham Hanson's help to investigate if the constant aggravation in the Leisure Centre--no doubt his work--is the result of a syndrome attributed to the building, but he falls victim to Gordon's inverse Midas touch. Carole is horrified to discover a mouse--and worse, that her baby Ben prefers its company to hers. Laura manages to teach Gordon how to read between the lines of female 'considerate' responses; he sorts out the anniversary-gift ...

Gordon arranged for Russian pianist Vladimir Petrov to give his first free-world concert as a charity benefit in the leisure center. He ordered a grand piano, but first gets an old one--his mother's--delivered by his widower father Jim Brittas, who actually admires his son. Then the concert model and pianist arrive, neither at all safe anywhere near Gordon. However Vlad is enchanted by a mysterious pianist, none other then Carole, and the inevitable accident leads to 'slight' program changes.

Gordon closes the center for three days to put the staff through exasperating emergency simulations: the first fire drill has a 82% casualty rate, the next scenarios will be worse! Meanwhile he talks Carol out of betting £100 on the horse Tim's track tip suggested, so she puts her bag with the cash in his office. Unfortunately, Helen hides the smoldering cigarette Gavin -uneasy with her physical intimacy- gave her in the bag too. She's fuming when Gordon must go back on his promise to spend his lunch hour with her. While Gordon leads Councilor Dapping to where he ...

For once (in a million times), Gordon doesn't get a chance to mess things up himself; natural fertility does. Colin has brought a case of herbs, which gets eaten by pregnant Carole and a farmer's cow. The herb is later found to induce labor, and proves quite efficient in both cases, so the vet has a double job. Meanwhile Helen tells Laura she's pregnant, with twins like Carole, which is a hereditary trait in the Brittas family--and no coincidence.