![After You've Gone. Image shows from L to R: Diana Neal (Celia Imrie), Molly Venables (Dani Harmer), Alex Venables (Ryan Sampson), Jimmy Venables (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Siobhan Casey (Amanda Abbington) After You've Gone. Image shows from L to R: Diana Neal (Celia Imrie), Molly Venables (Dani Harmer), Alex Venables (Ryan Sampson), Jimmy Venables (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Siobhan Casey (Amanda Abbington)](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/300x200/a/after_youve_gone.jpg)
After You've Gone
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 2007 - 2008
- 25 episodes (3 series)
When his ex-wife Ann joins an African disaster relief effort, Jimmy is left to care for their teenage children - with the help of his ex-mother-in-law. Stars Nicholas Lyndhurst, Celia Imrie, Ryan Sampson, Dani Harmer, Amanda Abbington and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 3 - Lock Back In Anger
Further details
After Jimmy's van and all its contents including his tools and his jacket with his keys in the pocket gets stolen, Diana insists they change all the locks.
This leads to a stand off between Jimmy's laissez faire attitude and Diana's belief in direct action. In the heat of battle about whose house this is, Diana reminds Jimmy that since she and her husband gave Ann the deposit on for the house, the place is partly hers.
Meanwhile, after prompting from Siobhan, Jimmy reluctantly agrees to take the big step of introducing her to Diana and the kids.
When Diana responds to Jimmy "putting things off" by hiring a professional locksmith, Jimmy ultimately has to break into the house to claim it as his own.
As a result, when Siobhan does meet Diana and the kids, it is in far from ideal circumstances.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 26th January 2007
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Nicholas Lyndhurst | Jimmy Venables |
Celia Imrie | Diana Neal |
Ryan Sampson | Alex Venables |
Dani Harmer | Molly Venables |
Amanda Abbington | Siobhan Casey |
Lee Oakes | Kev |
Vincent Ebrahim | Bobby |
Paul Hunter | Lock Smith |
Hazel McBride | Mrs Campbell |
Fergus Craig | PC Walker |
Martin Troakes | PC Malloy |
Laurence Howarth | Desk Sergeant |
Katie Douglas | Writer |
Andrea Solomons | Writer |
Dan Tetsell | Writer |
Ian Brown | Writer |
James Hendrie | Writer |
Fred Barron | Writer |
Tony Dow | Director |
Rosemary McGowan | Producer |
Kenton Allen | Executive Producer |
Fred Barron | Executive Producer |
Mark Wybourn | Editor |
Harry Banks | Production Designer |
Jamie Cullum | Composer |