Lista episodi

When the M.P. for Broughty Ferry dies, cheeseburger magnate Bob Servant sees his opportunity to fill the breach as an Independent candidate. Disapproving of campaign manager Frank's uninspiring posters, Bob goes on local radio, where his views on dog fouling - that all guilty canines should be destroyed - are controversial and his attitude to disabled badges leads to a visit from the police. A trip to a primary school, erroneously arranged by Frank who thought it was a university, is similarly unsuccessful. Furthermore, Bob's rival Nick Edwards has an excellent poster campaign whilst Bob is recalled to the radio studio to clarify his position on dogs, which has caused an unprecedented number of complaints. Things look bleak for Bob's political future.

Bob meets his charismatic opponent Nick Edwards and his glamorous wife Philippa, who have an expensive and lavish campaign compared to Bob's threadbare effort. He does try to outdo them in one-upmanship by buying an expensive photo-copier, but is warned by his accountant that he cannot afford it in view of all the tax he owes. He manages to get an invitation to the Lady Provost's dinner, an opportunity he uses to try and gather support for his 'Local Man' campaign. However, he has to make a quick exit after Nick Edwards arrives, having escaped from the cupboard in which Bob locked him.

Being the only unattached candidate, Bob feels the need for a lady friend to help his campaign but none of his old flames will fit the bill. Seeing that Nick Edwards is a committed Christian, Bob seeks endorsement from the local vicar and meets the widowed Kirsty, a volunteer church helper whom he thinks would be ideal as his companion. He takes her to dinner, but panics when she tells him how her husband died, assuming she murdered him and has been paid by Nick Edwards to dispose of him too. Yet again Bob makes a fool of himself in public and still has to find a girlfriend who will fit the bill.

Bob hijacks a television crew filming Nick Edwards and forces them to interview him but he gives a garbled, obscure speech which, shown out of context, only makes him look stupid. For damage limitation he invites local reporters to speak to his mother Margo, but she is no help and ultimately he has to persuade Frank to pose as a suicidal man about to jump from a tower so that Bob can appear a hero. Needless to say, this plan also comes to grief.

The election is a week away and Bob prepares for a live televised debate with the other candidates. Sadly, the doctor will not give him anything to make his eyes look sparkly under the cameras, and the local gym will not help him improve his appearance since he was caught stealing their tennis racquets. With his attempt to hypnotise Nick into wanting to run to the toilet also a failure, the debate does not seem to be going well for Bob, as his interruptions of the rival candidates and lack of clear policies draw boos from the audience. But then something amazing happens when he appeals to Scottish national pride to reject the English interlopers, and earns a standing ovation. Are his chances of election at last turning the corner?

Election day dawns and Bob's televised diatribe seems to have won him more votes. Unfortunately he is more concerned about being mocked by former work colleague and long-time adversary Hendo Henderson and, after destroying Hendo's television and fish tank, he is arrested and driven to the polling booth in a police car. The election results are predictable but Bob is determined to have the last word and keep fighting - even though there is now nothing to fight for.