Potter
The time has come for Redvers Potter to relinquish his role as head of the family confectionary firm, Pottermints - his company has been taken over and he is now going into enforced retirement. His wife, Aileen, is not too happy about having her husband under her feet either, but Potter is determined to make the most of his retirement. He decides he will give people the benefit of his managerial experience - even if they don't want it.
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Ep 1Potter Season 1 Episode 1
Redvers Potter arrives at work to find his nameplate being removed from his office door. At 12pm his company, Pottermints, is to be taken over but, until then, he is still in charge and he means to assert every last vestige of authority he has.
Ep 2Potter Season 1 Episode 2
A trip to the library causes Potter to catch the bus and it "savages" his umbrella. To make matters worse, his sister, Harriet, is staying the night with her artist husband, Willy. They have parked their caravanette on the drive and Potter doesn't trust it.
Ep 3Potter Season 1 Episode 3
It's another bad day for Potter when he can't fix his sister's caravanette - it means her and the dreaded husband, Willy, will have to stay another night!
Ep 4Potter Season 1 Episode 4
Potter is starting to get used to his retirement and the time it affords him. He occupies himself fixing problems for people who didn't even know they had them.
Ep 5Potter Season 1 Episode 5
Tolly's antique shop is the unfortunate recipient of Potter's well-meaning advice, as he applies tried and trusted sweet-selling logic to the world of valuable paintings.
Ep 6Potter Season 1 Episode 6
Potter and the Vicar encounter Harry Tooms for the first time when he is caught cheating on the golf course. Potter decides that gangsters are very charitable when it comes to the church and sends Tolly in to get a donation!
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