TV Dinners

Episode 7 (3x7)

: 18, 1998

Holding a dinner party for 60 in your back garden requires military precision, but when you are a police sergeant and a member of the Territorial Army, nothing fazes you. When Paul Francey entertains, it's never on a small scale and nothing is too much trouble. A marquee which covers the entire back garden of his East Barnet home, two hundred pieces of crockery and several hundred glasses is the norm. With most of the guests members of the police force, Territorial Army or regular army, you would have thought the food would be hearty and sustaining, but Paul's cooking is more stylish than you'd find in most mess halls. Hugh's next visit is to Marina Schofield. "We've never celebrated his birthday before and he's going to be 70 so I wanted to mark the occasion". Marina has spent months organising a surprise birthday party for her father, Andrew and, as part of a large and close-knit Italian/Greek London family, keeping it a secret has not been easy. With all the guests invited, Marina concentrates on her lavish menu of more than 20 Italian and Greek dishes to feed over 30 hungry family and friends.