Three Up Two Down

- Season 2

(1986)

Sam is hoping to acquire a dead penguin to add to his taxidermy collection and predictably Daphne is not amused, However she is charmed to meet Major Giles Bradshaw, who has moved into a flat across the road and who invites her a candle-lit supper. She sees him as a soul-mate, not because they are both snobs but because they share a dislike of Sam.

Nick is taking Angie out to celebrate his getting a contract to work for a fashion catalogue and Sam agrees to mind baby Joe. Daphne is being wined and dined by Giles in his flat and she compliments him on his mastery of Chinese cuisine. However next day he is exposed as a fraud when she spots the empty cartons from the takeaway in his dustbin.

Daphne is annoyed with Giles for cheating over the Chinese meal but relents when she learns that he is a genuine major. She is excited when her friend Camilla arrives from Cheltenham to visit and cannot believe that Camilla would be sexually attracted to Sam - until she catches her sneaking out of his window.

Rock star Flash Leopard asks Nick to his country mansion to shoot his album cover and Angie and Sam persuade Daphne to make up the numbers. Daphne is instantly critical of Flash's anarchic lyrics which are at odds with his accumulated wealth and is unusually grateful to Sam who rescues her after a riding mishap. Sam is outraged to hear that Flash wants sex with Angie in order to give Nick the job and proves himself to be a hero all round to secure the contract.

Sam unveils his newly-stuffed penguin, which he calls Giles, much to Daphne's displeasure. Having established that Sam does not intend stuffing a dead elephant Giles proposes a poker game with the loser relinquishing all claim to Daphne and moving to Australia. Giles wins but Angie discovers that he has cheated and persuades Daphne to do the right thing by telling Sam.

Angie and Nick are off to Paris for their wedding anniversary, taking a beautiful candlestick Giles has given Daphne to give them as a present. Unfortunately it turns out to be stolen - along with lots of other valuables, which - unlike Giles - are found in his flat. Things are bad enough for Daphne but when baby Joe gives her a health scare she has every reason to be glad of Sam's support.