Breeders

A comedic look at the trials and tribulations of parenthood.

Cast:Martin Freeman , Daisy Haggard , Alun Armstrong , Joanna Bacon , Patrick Baladi , Stella Gonet , Alex Eastwood , Eve Prenelle , Jayda Eyles , George Wakeman , Tim Steed , Oscar Kennedy , ZoÃ« Athena , Aliyah Sesay , Deepica Stephen , Hugh Quarshie , Jessie Williams , Andi Osho

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ No Sleep

Mon, Mar 2, 2020

The children won't sleep. Paul and Ally thought these nights were over. Paul spends the night fighting his own anger and his children's inability to go to sleep.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ No Places

Mon, Mar 2, 2020

Luke's parents' evening and the surprise arrival of Ally's estranged father cause Paul and Ally to examine their hopes and dreams for Luke and Ava and discover how far they are willing to go for the sake of their children.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ No Accident

Mon, Mar 9, 2020

Ally attempts to acclimatise to Michael's continued presence while Paul, suspected of intentionally hurting his mum, begins to question if his accident-prone son's frequent injuries might actually be his fault.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ No Lies

Mon, Mar 16, 2020

Michael thrives in his new role as dad and granddad, but Paul and Ally can't adapt to his presence as easily as the children can. Luke's hunt for proof that Santa doesn't exist puts Paul's claim that he never lies to the test.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ No Dad

Mon, Mar 23, 2020

Sprout the family gerbil has died, but explaining loss to Luke and Ava is a difficult task. Very soon afterwards, Ally herself struggles to cope with a significant loss.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ No Talking

Mon, Mar 30, 2020

In the wake of Michael's death, the family stay with Darren at his country house, but Paul's attempt to give Ally space by taking on kid duties and Darren's fixation on work doesn't help Ally find a chance to say goodbye.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ No Exit

Mon, Apr 6, 2020

It's half term and Luke is responsible for taking Lenny, the class bear, on an adventure. Lenny has been to Italy, Peru and beyond, but Paul can't even manage to get the family and the godforsaken bear out of the house to the local park.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ No Honeymoon

Mon, Apr 13, 2020

Paul attempts to focus on his upcoming wedding but is constantly thwarted by his family; Ally is distracted by work, Luke is misbehaving at school and Leah doesn't understand why they are even bothering to get married.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ No Cure: Part 1

Mon, Apr 20, 2020

Family life is thrown off kilter as Ally spends her weekdays in Berlin and weekends in London. Paul, Luke, and Eva try to muddle through without her, but the children aren't sleeping again and it takes its toll on Paul.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ No Cure: Part 2

Mon, Apr 27, 2020

Luke's condition worsens and he is admitted to a specialist pediatric unit. Through this ordeal, Paul realizes things about himself and his relationship with his children.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ No Surrender

Mon, Mar 22, 2021

The kids are growing up fast - Ava is now 10 and Luke is about to turn 13. With their burgeoning independence comes the question of whether Paul and Ally's parenting style still works. Clue: no.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ No Fear

Mon, Mar 22, 2021

Luke's anxiety is becoming a problem at home and school. Would a medical diagnosis make his life easier or harder? Ally faces further tension after her mother Leah is robbed.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ No Connection

Mon, Mar 29, 2021

Paul fears his culturally fragmented family have lost a vital connection. Gentrification impacts Jim and Jackie as the last of their old neighbours move out and more young professionals move in.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ No Faith

Mon, Apr 5, 2021

As a death impacts the older generation of the Worsley family, Ava struggles to keep a profound secret from Paul, and Ally finds it equally difficult to hide her true feelings from Luke.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ No Baby

Mon, Apr 12, 2021

As Ally contemplates her pregnancy, a new piece of information blows her world apart. A worried Ava tries to help her mom while Luke regrets lying about his anxiety.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ No Choice

Mon, Apr 19, 2021

Ally is under huge pressure, but no-one seems to want to listen to her. Jim and Jackie are excited about a possible move to the coast and, much to Paul's surprise, so is he.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ No Excuses

Mon, Apr 26, 2021

Ally and Paul's marriage is in crisis. Paul's obsessed by what happened but won't discuss it. An increasingly troubled Luke refuses to go to school and Leah and Alex make an announcement.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ No Friends

Mon, May 3, 2021

As he and Ally continue to feel distant, Paul rekindles an old friendship, but at a cost to Ava. Luke surprises everyone by getting a best friend. Jim and Jackie are forced to move.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ No Power Part I

Mon, May 10, 2021

As Jim and Jackie's golden wedding anniversary party is plunged into darkness by a power outage, the growing tensions between Paul and Luke reach an explosive and terrifying climax.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ No Power Part II

Mon, May 17, 2021

On the day of Leah and Alex's wedding, Paul and Ally find they have only a few hours to deal with a seemingly insoluble family crisis, leading Paul to make the hardest decision of his life.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ No Direction Home

Mon, May 9, 2022

Paul and the family deal with the consequences of the decision he made to move out for the good of Luke. Good and bad past family events in flashbacks occupy their thoughts.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ No Worries

Mon, May 9, 2022

The family are accepting their separation routines. Paul gets comfortable with his new calm and serene locale; Ally solely deals with the harried and hectic lifestyle of kids, compounded by a crisis at work.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ No Comfort

Mon, May 16, 2022

A back injury leaves Paul high on Leah's supply, as he raids her collection of heavy-duty painkillers. As Luke and his dad get closer, Ally and Ava drift further apart, and Ally looks for someone to blame.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ No Body

Mon, May 23, 2022

Paul and Ally deal with their aging bodies, and tempers seethe.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ No Can Do

Mon, May 30, 2022

Professional and personal dramas encircle Ally and Paul, overshadowing Ava's birthday.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ No Show

Mon, Jun 6, 2022

Pressures from all three generations of the family, the kids, the parents, and the grandparents, through personal crises, cause the lids to blow off in different strengths and directions.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ No Pressure

Mon, Jun 13, 2022

Paul and Ally resolve their wounded feelings from the past episode, then deal with new issues stemming from problems of Ava and Luke.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ No Way Back

Mon, Jun 20, 2022

Paul takes his parents to the countryside, to recreate a cherished memory. But the revelation of secrets leaves all of them reeling.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ No More Part One

Mon, Jun 27, 2022

Jim and Jackie are both struggling under their new circumstances.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ No More Part Two

Mon, Jul 11, 2022

A furious argument between Paul and Ally is interrupted by Ava's news about Jim.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Noël

Mon, Jul 31, 2023

Five years later, Paul and Ally are on the verge of splitting; Jim and Jackie are in turmoil; Luke and his girlfriend, Maya, drop a bombshell at Christmas dinner that will change everyone's lives forever.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ No Alternative

Mon, Jul 31, 2023

The reality of Luke's announcement hits; Paul and Ally worry about the decision he and Maya made and whether they should support them; as a new year starts, the family gather together with Maya's family, united in their love and worry.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ No Age

Mon, Aug 7, 2023

Ally is appalled that she's about to turn 50 and bans the family from ever mentioning that number; Paul tries to help Luke, who is overwhelmed by learning to drive and become a dad; Ava meets a charismatic girl called Holly.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ No Dinner

Mon, Aug 14, 2023

Paul and Ally juggle full-time careers, aging parents, a mortgage, upheavals in their relationship and the unenviable curve-balls of parenting their young children, Luke and Ava.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ No Regrets

Mon, Aug 21, 2023

Paul and Ally find themselves parenting Jim and Jackie as well as Luke. Ava and Holly get closer and Ava decides to take a risk, while Paul meets an old friend and realizes that he might, after all, be happy.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ No Arseholes

Mon, Aug 28, 2023

A chat with Darren and a chance encounter convince Ally she needs more friends, so she decides to reunite her antenatal class. Ally tells Luke and Ava this was a friendship group with no arseholes. But 17 years is a long time.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ No Kids

Mon, Sep 4, 2023

Paul and Ally take a "family" vacation without the kids. Luke makes a decision about the future of his education and life with Maya.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ No Control

Mon, Sep 11, 2023

Paul and Ally are on their way back from their holiday, Luke and Maya discuss Luke's future prospects when Maya's water breaks and goes into labor. Ally argues with Maya's mom over ignoring Luke's role during Maya's labor reiterating she's fighting Luke's corner. Luke has major anxiety, Maya's father asks him to step up and be a man in a very loving and polite way. Paul interjects after finding Luke, then Luke talks to Paul about his father-in-law Sunil's request and Paul explains to Luke that anybody can be a child when anxiety comes and he says he'll teach him how to be a man. Later they are seen in the nursery where Paul teaches Luke how to bottle feed baby Jay where the maternity ward's nurse says to Luke he's doing amazing. Maya asks Luke to stay the night instead of her mom, Ava saves the day by bringing Jay's newborn hat which triggered part of Luke's anxiety after not finding it for Maya's labor. Everyone walks out to have breakfast as Maya's dad paints a beautiful picture of the breakfast place dishes. Paul and Ava are both on their phones. Paul says congrats to his father on becoming a great-grand dad, while Ava talks to Grace on the phone. Fade out.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ No Matter What: Part 1

Mon, Sep 18, 2023

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10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ No Matter What: Part 2

Mon, Sep 25, 2023

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