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Single mother Della Garry lives on a Wolverhampton estate with her five daughters and son Wyatt. Into self-sufficiency she is home educating them and aims to have her own water supply by buying a huge rain barrel but it gets stuck in the wall. Eldest daughter Germaine is smitten by local bad boy Lee Rind, even though he is meant to have shot a snail with an air rifle, and has built a shrine to him. Sensible next eldest Aretha is practical and politically aware but they both bicker over who should mow the lawn. They get a visit from pot-smoking Grampy, fleeing an argument with his wife whom he calls Dr No. After taking the kids out in his car to collect his stash, he stays the night and is very smelly.
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Della takes the girls foraging for free food on the common. On the way Lee Rhind rescues Germaine's scarf from bullies and she is even more thrilled to see his house is next to the common. The girls find foraging boring and the onset of Yoko's period halts the exercise. However Germaine returns with Aretha to touch the Rhinds' house but gets her hand stuck in the letter box. With Grampy busy indulging in afternoon delight a panic call to Della is required to save the situation.
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Germaine interrupts her sisters' Britain's Got talent session to announce that she needs new knickers and, since Yoko also needs a new bra, Della grudgingly takes her daughters to town, shopping. The girls guess that she is bad-tempered because it is her birthday so they sneak off to buy her a present - but only have six minutes before their free parking runs out. Wyatt meanwhile spends the day with Grampy, who has his own, highly unusual, present for Della.
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Cousin Cathy calls by unannounced and everybody is pleased to see her - except Germaine, and to make matters worse Cathy attracts the desirable Lee Rhind. To get even Germaine takes her on at cards and a quiz, losing both times. Della manages to stop her from leaving home but is unable to stop Grampy from causing more damage to the garden than the pesky cat he is trying to trap.
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Della believes that the girls should socialize more and makes them attend the birthday party for depressive Uncle Natie, whose wife has left him. Yoko is very nervous but is declared a champion due to her unexpected skill at computer games whilst Germaine is annoyed to find that Cathy has invited Lee Rhind as her guest. To add insult to injury she gets locked in a wardrobe and has to see Cathy kissing Lee before Aretha frees her. Della on the other hand does find romance, with hunky break-down man Michael, who helps her to put the tired and emotional Natie to bed.
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After Grampy's mother dies and his wife dumps him - literally, in a layby - Della decides he should move in with the family and takes Aretha to collect his mourning clothes, narrowly avoiding a meeting with her hated mother. Germaine has her own, bizarre , way of dealing with grief but, the funeral over, the Garrys discover that, thanks to Grampy's wife's spiteful actions, he is likely to be a permanent guest at the hose.
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Germaine is thrilled to hear that Lee Rhind is on the market again after a split from Cathy and discovers that he is going to the Dorchester night club. Della consents to her going - provided she takes Yoko, whose dancing is a hit, and Aretha. However having been mistaken for a prostitute and realizing that she is irresistible to men Germaine ditches Lee whilst Della's night out with Michael proves positive, in that they are both scavengers from supermarket waste bins. On returning home though the whole family is in for a shock.
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To save money Della cancels the Internet, forcing the girls to go to the library where bookish Yoko and Aretha are quite at home though Germaine finds it boring and quiet. However a chance encounter with Lee Rhind allows her to use the Monroe Technique and secure a date with him. Della meanwhile takes Grampy - who has moved in with her - scavenging in skips as well as using Germaine's new relationship with Lee to get the Internet back.
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With landlady Laura coming to inspect the house Della not only organizes a clean-up but sends the children for a day with their unemployed, former left wing campaigner father Sean. He takes them for a picnic in the country in woodlands, now claimed by a private company where their exercise in civil disobedience ends in arrest. When Laura evicts the family Sean suggests life in a commune but Grampy accidentally discovers a way of allowing them to stay in the house.
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Having home educated the children Della is shocked when Aretha declares that she wants to go to school and coerces Lee Rhind into being her guardian whilst Sean also turns up to promise that he will get even with any bullies. Unfortunately the school is chaotic and badly run and Aretha's rant against it gets her excluded. Fortunately Grampy comes to the rescue with an alternative.
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As Aretha enjoys college life with radical Economics lecturer Ruby Della takes Germaine, who claims to be pregnant, to work with her at Pound Lord to show her life in the real life. The pregnancy is a false scare but Della does meet up with old flame Michael and ends the day with a proposition for Lee Rhind. Grampy's attempts to organize a fun day for the babbies end in disaster.
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To raise money to pay the gas bill Della drags the family off to a car boot sale where the little ones do well by playing the sympathy card but Yoko and Aretha's environmentally friendly method of organizing car parking causes chaos. Germaine gets roped into face painting with cousin Cathy, who shows her a unique new way of sexting whilst Grampy decides to celebrate his upcoming divorce by getting stoned with another ageing hippie.
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Della and the family head off for Wales to stay in a caravan that was owned by Grampy's late friend Dino but with Aretha and Germaine both feeling dumped by objects of their affection, Grampy unable to pay the hire purchase for his new 4 x 4 and a caravan full of stuffed animals it is far from being a happy holiday. Fortunately Yoko summons Sean to turn up and with his arrival things start to look up - perhaps permanently
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