Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

Series 1, Episode 7:  The Employment Exchange

In the final episode of the first series Frank is learning to drive. Or trying to anyway, as he crawls along the road behind the wheel of his father-in-laws car, with 'L' plates on the bumpers and Betty riding shotgun. Frank feels that if he can drive it will improve his employment prospects.

Meanwhile, at the labour exchange, there is a new manager, the previous one jumped out of a window during Frank's last visit. The new guy has a positive attitude about his job and he believes that no one is unemployable. But he has not met Frank Spencer yet.

His staff try and warn him but the new guy remains optimistic and he tries his best to try find suitable employment for Frank. He is so confident in fact that he even makes a side bet of ?5 that he can find Frank a Job that lasts for at least a couple of weeks.

The first Job is a removal man and there are lots of fragile things in the back of the van. Frank has a smashing time. The thing that probably looses him the job though is when he offers to move the removal van forward, assuring his boss that he can drive. It is too late by the time his boss sees the 'L' plates on the van and all Frank can say, as he surveys the damage is "Oooh!"

There are a few clips in this episode and one of the more amusing and scary ones shows Frank's attempts at window cleaning. He is scared of heights and ends up hanging from the side of a widow cleaning platform.

Finally, and I am sure that it is just to win his bet, the new manager gives Frank a job working for him, at the labour Exchange, cleaning the floors. Not such a good idea at all when there is a computer system on the premises that is worth ?300 000. "Ooooh!"