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Eureka! TV | On the surface, the Porters are a normal family. Indeed, even the series’ title 2point4 children, the fabled average family size, alludes to their normality (as well as the fact that the husband/father is still a bit of a child himself). Yet, though the individual members (central-heating engineer Ben; his wife, catering worker Bill; and their teenage children David and Jenny) are unexceptional, the situations in which the family find themselves are anything but. Bad luck, strange occurrences, and poor judgement all conspire to turn the Porters’ world topsy-turvey.

Sitcom-wise, the shape of the series itself is also different from the norm because, from the earliest episodes, it has centred not on the husband, Ben, but on his wife Bill. Even with the focus on Bill, the series still avoids the traditional woman-as-wife-and-mother theme of other series, instead portraying her as a fully-rounded person in her own right, unconfined by her family.

Series One:

Episode 1: Leader of the Pack
Episode 2: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Episode 3: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Go Shopping
Episode 4: Love and Marriage
Episode 5: Dirty Bowling
Episode 6: Young at Heart