Give My Head Peace

Ma, Da, Uncle Andy and the rest of the gang are back for a hilarious new six-part series, following on from the massive success of their television special filmed on location in New York last year. The first episode is a 30-minute dash through some of the key moments in Ireland's history and how, Ma, Da and the gang have inadvertently played their own inimitable role in shaping history! David Kelly guests in a shaggy dog story involving ice-cream and the Titanic!

It's not often Eamonn Holmes gets tied up in knots ... but the unflappable presenter has nothing to say for himself when Ma bounds and gags him in her bedroom in this episode. In scenes reminiscent of Stephen King's Misery, Ma turns celebrity stalker and kidnaps Eamonn. In a separate room she also hold Hugo Duncan hostage!

This week, Billy has an embarrassing problem and for once it’s not his Uncle Andy, it’s his klutz of a new partner Dexter. Dexter has been dispatched to Belfast by the FBI to help the RUC fight Northern Ireland’s growing drug problem. Dexter is lean, mean and absolutely incompetent. He is the type of cop who makes Inspector Clouseau look like Sherlock Holmes. Still, what do you expect from a cop whose last big case was OJ Simpson! Do they solve the case, or should that be more of a case of methods and madness?

It's Da's birthday and Ma and Cal have cooked him a special meal but Da chooses to go out with his MLA friends. On top of that Ma and Cal have money problems even more so after buying 'real meat' and Chardonnay for Da's birthday meal. Strangely, however, Da doesn’t. Da is really enjoying life as an assembly man and goes out and buys a new car and cigars. Then his expenses are queried! Only a trip to south Armagh can save Da….helped by a visit from Dan O’Bannon (John Hewitt) in this week's Give My Head Peace

This week, Unlce Andy hosts a prison night theme party for Red Hand Luke, who is finding it hard to cope with life on the outside. Red Hand Luke said that couldn't hold the party in his own house as it would mean having Republicans there! Only Da and Cal turned up for the party and get locked in Billy's bedroom missing Red Hand Luke reading from his prison diary. Mervyn and Uncle Andy subsequently fall asleep. Meanwhile, Billy is trying to recuit Dympna and Cal to join the police force. For every Catholic he introduces he gets free airmiles!

Who is the greatest footballer ever? According to George Best it was Cal when he was 14. So what went wrong? Back in 1979 a letter arrived for Cal from Celtic, asking him to join the team but Dad intercepts the letter and pays the postman £5 to take it back. Twenty two years later Jimmy the postman's guilt overwhelms him and he confesses to Cal. Cal goes into shock for three weeks only uttering one word 'Celtic'! double glazingCal decides to take drastic measures to teach Da a lesson! In Orange Terrace, Mervyn gets a job, as a double-glazing salesman! Uncle Andy is not happy as Mervyn now socialises with his work colleagues, Rory and Dervla. To make matters worse, Mervyn tells him that he wants a future with a nice house and a salary!