Roger Walker

Charlie is pleased to meet Joanna's boyfriend until he reveals his intentions to quit medical school, become a puppeteer, and get married. An argument ensues between Caroline and Charlie, during which the couple slip away.

A former footballer Charlie Burrows moves from a deprived area of London to leafy Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire to make a better life for his daughter, by taking a job as housekeeper for a well-off advertising executive.

Charlie and Caroline set off after Dan and Joanne with Dan's parents, but the car runs out of fuel.

When a water leak in the ceiling downstairs is traced to Caroline's bedroom, Charlie decides that now is a good time to give the whole bedroom a makeover.