do contain some detail of episode and story line feature . start in 1995 next of kin join a long list of hit bbc sitcom . like 2 point 4 child it be base around a family and 2 grandparent ( penelope keith and william gaunt ) maggie and andrew prentice who after their estranged son graham and his wife ( they call her bootface ) be kill in a car crash and be leave with their grandchild and georgia ( ann gosling ) and philip ( matthew clarke ) and jake ( jamie lucraft ) not to mention their collection of animal . to make life more difficult for maggie and andrew the child come with their own different need and not only be georgia an environmentalist and she be also a vegetarian and come with her own special dry sense of humour . philip only eat spam and nothing else . he also discover girl and one in particular and roxanne who own a very large dog call die hard ( you can sense the joke that this bring ) . he be more reserved than georgia but can more than speak up for himself . jake would not eat anything that be round . he love stick insect and pigeon and hamster and rabbit and parrot and almost all animal . he be also sick if he stand on his head for too long . series 1 see the initial fallout after the death of the child parent and maggie and andrews realisation that they will not be retire to france . their cleaner liz be also on hand to help out but get rather distract by tom and a builder and hire to add another bedroom to the house . series 2 see liz and tom relationship develop far and liz becomes pregnant . the child relationship with their grandparent be still be put to the test on a daily basis with party and puppy and sport day and even a spot of camping and which be not to maggies like at all . series 3 the last and see georgia believe that nobody like her and starve herself for 3 day in an attempt to get attention . philips interest in roxanne grows and be put to the test when she invite him over to stay when her parent be out . philip flee home and confesses to andrew about where he have be . next door want to move a they want their peace and quiet back and only to sell their house to a family of hell angel . jake try to shave and start to use deodorant ( too much ) . philip go to swan lake and with another girl and much to roxannes annoyance . georgia go on a demonstration and hug a treethey all have a canal boat holiday and which turn into one of the best episode along with the final episode the bully which see philip be blackmail by a boy from his school . the last scene and rather fittingly be of maggie pull an envelope from philip coat pocket ( think it be yet another school letter she be never destine to read ) and open it to find it be in fact a mother day card . overall i think this series deserve at least another series to wrap it up . the story could have easily develop even far a the child get old . the rating weren not dreadful and the show hold it own in it time slot and but the bbc decide to drop it and much to the dismay of penelope keith who do a fine job in the role of maggie . all the actor do an excellent job . yes it wasn not always laugh out loud comedy and it be more like a time go by with it gentle humour and slow pace than some of it contemporary . but it be good . the premise of the show be repeat and in a slightly alter version ( mans wife leaf and dump the kid on him and his mother in law . ) in another bbc1 sitcom after you have go which coincidentally and also only last for 3 series despite get decent viewing figure . how the mind boggles .