After You've Gone

After You've Gone is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC One from 12 January 2007 to 21 December 2008. Starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, Celia Imrie, Dani Harmer and Ryan Sampson, the three season comedy follows handyman Jimmy Venables, who moves in with his teenage children and his mother-in-law Diana after his ex-wife Ann goes to Africa to help with a flood.

Genre: Comedy

Director: Fred Barron

Cast:Nicholas Lyndhurst , Celia Imrie , Ryan Sampson , Dani Harmer , Lee Oakes , Vincent Ebrahim , Amanda Abbington , Roxanne Ricketts , Samantha Spiro

1Season 1

After You've Gone: Season 1 (2007): Episode 1 - Stuck in the Middle with You

January 12, 2007

When nurse Ann Venables goes to Africa to help out with a disaster relief effort, she leaves her teenage children Alex and Molly in the care of her ex Jimmy and her mother Diana. The kids try to exploit the fact that the easygoing handyman and his posh ex-mother-in-law cross swords at every turn, ultimately leading to the realisation that in order to survive their mom's absence, the kids need them both.

2Season 1

After You've Gone: Season 1 (2007): Episode 2 - Silence of the Clams

January 19, 2007

Jimmy overcompensates for his previous paternal failings by letting his kids throw a party. Knowing Diana would disapprove, Jimmy agrees not to tell her and keep her away on party night. Under the pretext of seeking advice on matters 'too personal' to discuss around the kids, he invites her to dinner. At Diana's favourite restaurant, Jimmy discovers that while he and the kids have been sneaking around behind Diana's back, Diana has been sneaking around theirs.

3Season 1

After You've Gone: Season 1 (2007): Episode 3 - Lock Back in Anger

January 26, 2007

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 standoff between Jimmy's laissez-faire attitude and Diana's belief 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.

4Season 1

After You've Gone: Season 1 (2007): Episode 4 - Ripped Off

February 2, 2007

Jimmy's financial woes are getting out of hand and he has to nick the kids' money on the sly, until he gets caught by Diana when he is in fiduciary trouble at the bank,

5Season 1

After You've Gone: Season 1 (2007): Episode 5 - School of Hard Knocks

February 9, 2007

When Alex's teacher writes home to say that 'Alex is possibly gifted but we'll never know because he has the attention span of a gnat', Jimmy latches onto 'gifted' while Diana's focus is on 'not living up to his pontential'. Alex being under the microscope gives Molly the chance to fly under the radar and do what she wants for a while.

6Season 1

After You've Gone: Season 1 (2007): Episode 6 - Let's Get Quizzical

February 16, 2007

Jimmy loses at a pub quiz and he seeks Diana's help for the next one. Diana goes along for a fun night out. Molly stays out with a friend but returns in the early morning hours.

7Season 1

After You've Gone: Season 1 (2007): Episode 7 - Out of Africa

February 23, 2007

Ann's colleague and new partner Dr. Howard Banks visits to raise relief funds. Diana and the kids like him but Jimmy doesn't, and the disdain deepens when Howard tells Diana that he and Ann want Molly and Alex to live with them in Africa.

1Season 2

After You've Gone: Season 2 (2007): Episode 1 - Web of Deceit

September 7, 2007

Diana takes the kids to Africa, leaving Jimmy in charge. Upon return, there's a surprise in store: Jimmy's buried under a pile of pizza boxes.

2Season 2

After You've Gone: Season 2 (2007): Episode 2 - Rose Tattoo

September 14, 2007

Jimmy accidently sees Diana naked in the shower and Molly takes advantance of his shock by gettting him to agree to her having a tattoo. Meanwhile, Alex takes an aptitude test and the results indicate that accountancy is an appropriate career.

3Season 2

After You've Gone: Season 2 (2007): Episode 3 - Tell Tale

September 21, 2007

Jimmy plans a poker game with Kev, Siobhan and Bobby, but when Bobby drops out, Diana steps in and, with a little inside info, is able to see through Jimmy's bluffing. Meanwhile, Molly is eager to look better than rival Becky in the school photograph.

4Season 2

After You've Gone: Season 2 (2007): Episode 4 - Meet the Parent

September 28, 2007

Jimmy is invited out to meet Siobhan's father David, and his nerves aren't helped when Diana tags along. Soon enough, Diana and David hit it off but when Diana wants out, it's up to Jimmy to help her end things.

5Season 2

After You've Gone: Season 2 (2007): Episode 5 - Love and War

October 5, 2007

Jimmy's plans for a leisurely weekend are upended when Diana makes a surprising and unwelcome discovery about the past. Cue Jimmy having to run around trying to find out who was having an affair with Diana's husband before he died. Whilst the attention of the adults is elsewhere, Molly and Alex's tit for tat war starts to get out of hand.

6Season 2

After You've Gone: Season 2 (2007): Episode 6 - When She Came Back

October 12, 2007

Ann returns to announce that she's marrying Howard and that she wants Alex and Molly to join them in Africa. She even moves in, evicting both Jimmy and her own mother!

7Season 2

After You've Gone: Season 2 (2007): Episode 7 - Ride of the Valkyrie

October 19, 2007

Diana's friend Pam seeks a home decorator so Diana sends Jimmy and Kev to her, causing nothing short of chaos.

8Season 2

After You've Gone: Season 2 (2007): Episode 8 - Just Say No

October 26, 2007

After a trip to hospital for rupturing himself at work, Jimmy reveals feelings no one knew he had — least of all Jimmy himself.

9Season 2

After You've Gone: Season 2 (2007): Episode 9 - And So This Is Christmas

December 23, 2007

Jimmy and Diana join forces to give the kids a normal, traditional family Christmas – but this is not a normal, traditional family! Meanwhile, the school play puts everyone under pressure.

1Season 3

After You've Gone: Season 3 (2008): Episode 1 - Dawn of the Dad

September 14, 2008

Jimmy decides that he wants to a proper father to his children and parent without Diana's help. As expected, things don't quite as he planned though.

2Season 3

After You've Gone: Season 3 (2008): Episode 2 - Not Love Actually

September 21, 2008

Jimmy thinks that Siobhan will want to be engaged to him after he learns that Kev has gotten engaged.

3Season 3

After You've Gone: Season 3 (2008): Episode 3 - Going Solo

September 28, 2008

Diana challenges Jimmy to audition for her choral society but she isn't prepared for the results.

4Season 3

After You've Gone: Season 3 (2008): Episode 4 - Bad, Bad Old Days

October 17, 2008

Kev and Bobby take action when they think that Jimmy has started drinking again after splitting up with Siobhan.

5Season 3

After You've Gone: Season 3 (2008): Episode 5 - The Lure of the Rings

October 24, 2008

When Jimmy discovers what Alex has been up to in his room, he finds his parenting skills pushed to the limit.

6Season 3

After You've Gone: Season 3 (2008): Episode 6 - Damaged

October 31, 2008

Jimmy finds both his work and social lives affected after Kev is injured at work.

7Season 3

After You've Gone: Season 3 (2008): Episode 7 - The Law of the Skip

November 7, 2008

When Jimmy brings home a table tennis set, chaos ensues.

8Season 3

After You've Gone: Season 3 (2008): Episode 8 - Too Cool for School

November 21, 2008

Jimmy decides to start training after Diana mocks his physical attributes.

9Season 3

After You've Gone: Season 3 (2008): Episode 9 - There Will be Pud

December 21, 2008

Jimmy is looking forward to a nice quiet Chrstmas until fate and a farmyard animal become involved.