The last in a superb series that, far from running out of steam, has discovered perpetual comedic motion. Tonight, Mum makes the boys assemble a bookshelf for a mysterious project she is working on, Adam is expecting a call from America, and Jim's dog Wilson is doing "dollops" in the flowerbed.

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Friday Night Dinner said goodbye to a beloved cast member tonight in a episode that may go down as one of the saddest in TV history.

Another Shabbat dinner deteriorates into chaos in the most unlikely circumstances. Tonight, the mayhem is down to Martin's microscope obsession ("This hair is from my armpit"), visits by the police, Adam being asked to play the violin and an imaginary rectum issue. Laugh-out-loud funny.

Robert Popper's sitcom about the shambolic Goodman family and their attempts to have a quiet Shabbat dinner continues. Martin uncovers an old ventriloquist's dummy and begins wreaking havoc. Plus, a guest joins the bambinos in the form of Jonny's friend Ben (Liam Williams), who has just been dumped.

In a somewhat peculiar turn of events, mum Jackie (Tamsin Greig) arranges her own surprise birthday party, hoping that none of her friends will find out that she is behind it. So it's down to dad Martin to pretend that he arranged it instead; obviously, the plan quickly goes awry when he realises he has got the date wrong.

"Auntie" Val is staying at the Goodmans while estranged from her husband, much to Martin's chagrin as she has taken it upon herself to reorder the household. But when she ventures into Martin's sacred hideaway - his shed - and tries to dispose of a cherished 20-year-old tin of meat, he can stand no more ...