Compiled by John Freeman. Additional trivia and episode facts and "bloopers" courtesy of Paul Wood

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's health-food shop-owner George Sunday (Ardal O' Hanlon), alias the world's most famous superhero, Thermoman. Trouble is, Thermoman is not too familiar with Earth customs, so he is often embarrassingly honest and tends to take everything too literally.

Season Four
A fourth season will begin in August 2003 on BBC1, although some US PBS stations are already screening the show. "We are actually starting pretty well where we left off, but there still will be plenty of surprises," says creator Paul Mendelson.

What to expect... "There aren't any special guests to my knowledge," advises Paul. "We have such a big cast it is hard enough making sure they all get a decent share of the laughs! Baby will still be up to his old tricks - and plenty new ones besides. So no huge changes - because last year seemed to suggest we're on a pretty winning formula. (As well as being really popular with all ages, it is the second most watched BBC show with kids. Eastenders being the first!)
"I can't really go into storylines, but let's just say that death, politics, executive stress and competitive sport make a showing - George discovers some new powers - and there might be a few more superheroes on the Northolt block!"

Regular Cast: George (Ardal O'Hanlon); Janet (Emily Joyce); Ella (Lili Roughley); Stanley (Tim Wylton); Mrs Raven (Geraldine McNulty); Piers (Hugh Dennis); Tyler (Philip Whitchurch); Arnie (Lou Hirsch); Ollie (Jean Luca Dora is the baby but voiced by Finlay Stroud)

A Sporting Chance First UK tx: 8 August 2003 • Recorded 20th December 2002 Written by Paul Mayhew Archer Directed by: John Stroud Ratings: 5.19 million (26.67% audience share)
Guest Stars: Anna Niland (Mrs Blake), Jon Cartwright (Cricket Umpire), Michael Elliott and Natasha Kaplinsky (Newsreader)
Being a peace-loving Ultronian, George knows nothing about sport or the psychology of sport. So when Piers asks George to join his Sunday League cricket team to make up numbers George hasn't a clue what he's being asked to do. But he's soon calling on his superpowers when the going gets tough -- scoring an amazing 24 runs in just four balls. "The success goes to his head and he suddenly becomes horribly competitive," Emily Joyce told What's on TV (2-8 August 2003 edition). "Janet forces him to choose between rubbing his opponents' faces in the mud and staying married to her." Meanwhile, can this be? Mrs. Raven and Tyler have an affair because Mrs Raven thinks Tyler's ThermoMan? What will Arnie say?
Blink and You'll Miss it: When Janet checks on Tyler she rings the doorbell of his flat -- which sounds like someone knocking on the door! Flat Design Changes • The Ethnic Masks in the flat change in season four. Previously they were narrow and dark wood, but now they are broader and lighter. • The Sofa Throw in seasons one through three is white with large and small red flowers (except for a scene when Janet and George are sleeping on the sofa, in which it is missing) but it changes in season four. • The Dining Chairs In seasons one through three the dining chairs have green squabs, but they have blue squabs now. •The Wicker Chair In seasons one through three there is a wicker chair underneath the picture by the door, but it's gone in season four. • The Curtains In seasons one through three they are red with narrow yellow and green stripes, but they change to red with red squares this season.	Disasters:	Romantic references:
	Sundays in Britain - people doing DIY! Plus some assorted unnamed disasters that force George to abruptly leave the cricket match on several occasions
	Memory Wipes: Mrs Raven
Living Dead First UK tx: 15 August 2003 • Recorded 29th November 2002 Written by: Paul Mayhew-Archer Directed by: John Stroud Ratings: 6.26 million (30.79% audience share) - beating A Touch of Frost and No. 4 rated show for the night
Guest Stars: Sarah Crowden (Mrs Clark), Michael Fenton Stevens (Vicar), Peter Rylands and Femi Houghton
Approached in the street by a salesman selling life assurance, George walks under a bus and kills himself in order to cash in his lucrative new policy. Even though George is perfectly fine after this encounter (being a superhero he is, of course, indestructible), Janet has to explain to everyone that her husband is dead. Ella is delighted, because her daughter is now free to marry the far more suitable Dr Piers Crispin. It is not long, however, before George is feeling trapped by his non-existence, and he and Janet hatch a plot feeling trapped by his non-existence, and he and Janet hatch a plot to bring him back to life at his own funeral. Meanwhile Mrs Raven takes up hypnotherapy - to her own finacial advantage, of course...
Blink and You'll Miss it: • Piers gives the wrong address when appealing on TV for Janet to marry him. He gives out 59 Waverley Court but the "real" address is 59 Linden Court. (This error didn't go to air: it's been corrected in post production)	Disasters:	Romantic references:
	Memory Wipes: None, but Mrs. Raven thinks she's seeing things!
Taking the Credit First UK tx: 22 August 2003 • Recorded 21st February 2003 Written by: James Cary Directed by: John Stroud UK Ratings: 6.4 millions (31.09% audience share)
Guest Stars: Tammy Mendelson (Checkout Girl), Peter Harlowe (The Lord High Arbiter), Neil Warhurst, John Kirk, Jenny Ayres and Pat Kelman (Ultron Postman)
George has not quite got the hang of managing domestic finances. Never having seen a credit or debit card before, he goes on a massive spending spree, mightily impressed with a Welfare State that literally gives him money to do so. Janet finds out what has been happening when the bills arrive, by which time they are heavily in debt. Selling their belongings and the flat only scratches the surface of the debt, and Janet is forced to take advantage of nine-month-old OllieÕs super-talent to correctly predict the Lottery numbers. Such an abuse of Ultronian super-powers, however, draws Thermoman to the attention of the Lord High Arbiter of Abuses of Power Ð a sadistic, avenging judge, feared throughout the cosmos for putting wayward superheroes to the swordÉ
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All in the Mind First UK tx: Friday 29 August • Recorded 13th Dec 2002 Written by: Paul Mayhew-Archer Directed by: John Stroud UK Ratings: 6.19 million (27.81% audience share)
Guest Stars: Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh (Charlotte), Mary Keegan (Mrs Tott), Susan Gifford (Heather Seller), Dick Bradnum (Perfume Seller), Natasha Kaplinsky (Newsreader), Paul Mohan and Patricia Grant
George is asked by the Ultron Council to write a progress report on humanity. All seems to be going well: apart from the French, George is pleased with what he finds – until his new mind-reading powers reveal the true nature of human thought. He's disgusted at the human capacity for deception and wicked behaviour. The unpleasant thoughts of Stanley, Ella and Mrs Raven, in particular, leave George in a state of despair. His sense of honesty forces him to write a damning report and the Ultron Council condemns the human race to death by laser. Only Janet can save the world by giving her sanctimonious husband a tongue-lashing.
Blink and You'll Miss it: • Natasha Kaplinsky is one of the 10 people saved by the Ultron Council from the destruction of Earth (along with Angelina Jolie and Gerri Halliwell)	Disasters:	Romantic references:
	The near-destrcution of Earth by the Ultron Council	Not many: Stanley and Ella just think about killing each other!
	Memory Wipes:
Virus First UK tx: Friday 5 September 17th January 2003 Written by: Paul Mendelson and Paul Mayhew-Archer Directed by: John Stroud UK Ratings: 6.49 million (28.22% audience share)
Guest Stars: Tony Aitken (Mr Lawrence), Natasha Kaplinsky (Newsreader), Michael Moylan and Philip Brodie
On a trip to Ultron to request some leave to take Janet and Ollie on holiday,Thermoman picks up a rather nasty space virus which is fatal to humans. Unfortunately, on his return to Earth, he passes the virus on to Janet, Stanley, Ella and Mrs Raven, and Thermoman has to neutralise the virus with a Thermo kiss of life. During this brief exchange of bodily breath, however, he accidentally passes on his super powers. Stanley and Ella become Faldo Man and Dorothy Perkins and are harmless enough, if a little selective in whom they save, but when Mrs Raven transforms into The Raven and terrorises the world with spiteful acts of mischief Ð such as dumping Disney World in Siberia Ð Thermoman is forced to suck his super powers out again.
Blink and You'll Miss it:	Disasters:	Romantic references:
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Mayor of Northolt First UK tx: Friday 12 September • Recorded 6th December 2002 Written by: Trevelyan Evans and Pete Sinclair Directed by: John Stroud UK Ratings: 6.32 (27.88% audience share)
Guest Stars: Claire Vousden, Phoebe Sweeney (Dominique), Ben Craze, Mark Davison, Patrick Duggan, Dominic Borrelli and Donald Pelmear
A faulty streetlight outside Stanley and Ella's bedroom is keeping them awake at night, but getting the council to mend it is proving impossible. George stands for mayor, promising to fix the streetlight if elected, only to find that his opponent is the over-confident Piers, whose mistake is to treat George as a joke candidate with no chance of winning. George wins unanimous approval when the voters respond positively to his refreshingly honest approach. Unfortunately, the pressures of mayoral office put an unreasonable strain on his marriage and his resignation follows his election within 24 hours.
Blink and You'll Miss it:	Disasters:	Romantic references:
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Big First UK tx: 19 September 2003 • Recorded 31st January 2003 Written by: Gary Lawson and John Phelps Directed by: John Stroud UK Ratings: 6.19 (27.% audience share)
Guest Stars: Finlay Stroud (Ollie, aged 8, who also plays the voice of Ollie in the series), Kurtis O'Brien (Ollie, aged 10), Damian Hunt (Ollie, aged 17), Emma Pierson (Doctor Chelsea), Elspeth Rae (Olivia), Miranda Bell (Marjorie Wallace), Jessica Claire, Bruce Mackinnon, Howard Karloff and Barry Martin
Ollie's half-human, half-Ultronian physiology causes a few problems when he starts to grow at an accelerated rate. In 24 hours, he grows from a nine-month-old baby into a 19-year-old boy with a "serious" girlfriend. Janet and George are distraught at being robbed of the pleasure of watching their only son grow up, especially when he turns into a girl. They employ the services of an eminent Ultronian GP (Galactic Practitioner), Doctor Chelsea, to cure their son who, despite his impeccable qualifications, looks and sounds like Britney SpearsÕs irritating kid sister. But can even the youthful-looking Dr. Chelsea's cure stop him getting older... and is there a more sinister cause for his illness and its bizarre effects?
Blink and You'll Miss it:	Disasters:	Romantic references:
	A children's party!
	Memory Wipes: None
The Consultant First UK tx: 26 September 2003 • Recorded 10th January 2003 Written by: James Cary Directed by: John Stroud UK Ratings: 6.21 (26.66% audience share)
Guest Stars: Sarah Flind (Large Woman), Pat Kelman (Ultron Postman) and Lloyd Notice
Arnie turns consultant when the Ultron Council sends him to check up on Thermoman's performance. Arnie conducts a time-and-motion study on George and demands that Thermoman be fully accountable for his actions. A plethora of customer-satisfaction forms quickly hampers Thermoman's ability to rescue the victims of natural disasters -- or, as Arnie prefers to re-classify them, "clients". Arnie's regime puts pressure on George to such a degree that he starts making mistakes, the worst of which sees him bring an armed ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) home ! He can't disarm it because he's so stressed. Luckily, Tyler can -- it's amazing what you can find on the Internet. Fearing for the world's safety, George retires, only to return to active duty when Work Experience Boy makes a hash of replacing him.
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The Family Way First UK tx: 3 October 2003 • Recorded 14th February 2003 Written by: Trevelyan Evans and Pete Sinclair Directed by: John Stroud UK Ratings: 6.51 (26.99% audience share)
Guest Stars: Roger Alborough and Pat Kelman (Ultron Postman)
When George becomes pregnant with a surrogate baby that he's carrying for a childless couple on Ultron, leaving Janet confused. What is her role now that George is mother? And why does she feel as though she wants to keep the baby when itÕs born, when her first Ultronian baby, Ollie, is such a handful? This emotional rollercoaster for the unconventional parents-to-be comes off the rails and crashes when the biological parents arrive to claim their baby. But, in the end, letting the infant go is the only option - once Janet and George see what the little thing looks like.
Blink and You'll Miss it:	Disasters:	Romantic references:
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Time and Time Again First UK tx: 10 October 2003 • Recorded 7th February 2003 Written by: Paul Mayhew-Archer Directed by: John Stroud UK Ratings: 7.17 (29.52% audience share)
Guest Stars: Scarlett May (Young Janet), Peter Gallagher (Large Man), Hannah Waddingham (Miranda), Jeanne Mockford, Lochlann O'Mearain and Natasha Kaplinsky (Newsreader)
Groundhog Day meets Back To The Future as George and Arnie travel back in time to stop seven-year-old Janet from breaking her arm in a tree-climbing accident. Unfortunately, their interference in the space-time continuum has catastrophic consequences. When they return to the present day, they discover that everyone is deliriously happy Ð everyone but George, whoÕs not in the picture. Janet is married to Piers and has several beautiful children, Ella and Stanley are in love,Tyler is co-habiting in a stable relationship and Mrs Raven is a saint. George decides that itÕs time to return to Ultron and stay there for ever, until Arnie persuades him to turn back the clocks one more time and fight to get his life back.
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Production Information
• Titles: TSI Design
• Music: Philip Pope
• Casting Director: Tracey Gillham
• Associate Producers: Jed Leventhall and Barrie Westwell
• Production Accountant: Allan Davies
• Production Buyer: Terence Black
• Art Director: Jo Sutherland
• Studio Manager: Ray Gearing
• Location Manager: Julia Morpeth
• Video Effects: Framestore- CFC
• Visual Effects Designer: Andy McVean
• Costume Designer: Janet Benge
• Make-up Designer: Mandy Furlonger
• Camera Supervisor: Chas Watts
• Vision Mixer: Peter Phillips Lighting Director: Derek Constable
• Sound Supervisor Richard Bradford • Dubbing Mixer: Adrian Smith
• Editor: Mykola Pawluk • Production Co-ordinator: Suzanne Facenfield
• Production Secretary: Cass Hill • Script Supervisor: Frances Mable
• Stage Manager: Sarah Daman • First Assistant Director: Julie Sykes
• Line Producer: Murray Peterson • Designer: James Dillon
• Executive Producers: Sophie Clarke-Jervoise & Marucs Mortimer
• Producers: Jamie Rix and John Stroud
• Director: John Stroud

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