Hardware

- Season 2

(2004)

Rex wonders how Kenny can possibly be the father of a redheaded child, the café starts serving wine when they're granted an alcohol licence, and Mike shows very little enthusiasm when Anne suggests starting a family.

Kenny and Steve manage to convince Rex that he has started to shrink, Mike fills in for Julie at the café when she goes on holiday to Turkey, and Anne's far from impressed about a series of totally unnecessary changes.

Mike and Steve try to prove that life in a hardware shop isn't predictable, Rex reveals that financial issues mean that he to make Kenny redundant, and Anne's shocked when an artist offers her a grand to get her kit off.

Mike takes pity on a friendless demonstrator and his bizarre multi tool, Anne tries to mediate when Rex and Julie enter into a war of words, and Steve insists that he has moved up the Hamway's Hardware hierarchy.

Steve's sexuality comes into question when his gay friend visits the shop, Mike tries to escape from repetition by writing a newspaper column, and Kenny can't resist putting silly messages on a new scrolling sign display.

A famous face gets the celebrity treatment when he walks into the shop, Julie decorates the café with a number of fake signed photographs, and the customers treat Mike differently when he starts using a wheelchair.