Kelly Monteith

- Season 2

(1980)

Kelly and his wife are moving into a new flat, causing them to debate the plusses of DIY over hiring a repairman. Kelly also looks at Edison inventing Carmen Miranda, the decreasing value of parking tickets and powering cars by pig manure.

Suzanne gets Kelly to take her on a four-day package tour of Italy for some sunbathing, sightseeing and a romantic meal. Sadly, the only things they get on holiday are dysentery, typhoid and pneumonia.

Kelly reads his horoscope in the paper, and speculates about the future, the nature of youth, old age, life insurance, suggestible sickness and his wife remarrying after his death - all while trying to deal with a hangover.

Kelly explores the topic of masculinity, including his role in the Vietnam war, and how movies give an unrealistic depiction of what it means to be a man.

Kelly talks about his parents' concept of money, the nature of credit, "the old £10 routine", his wife's cooking, health food, the possible revenge of plants and visiting the taxman.

After a series of burglaries in their apartment block, Kelly enlists security expert Ronnie Blake (George A. Cooper) to help devise a deterrent system - including the world's first nuclear-powered home security.