It's Christmas and everyone seems to have plans to leave town. This could leave Granville at the mercy of Mrs Featherstone. He must persuade everyone not to travel and to buy his wonky Christmas crackers.
With the New Year comes new tech- hotspot underpants. Eric and Cyril try to help Mr Newbold out of The Black Widow's clutches; so Granville has to show Mr Newbold the grass isn't always greener.
Eric and Cyril try out their new tandem, Mavis takes Granville up on his offer of a tour of his Victorian cheese slicer collection, and Leroy has to dress up as a banana for business reasons.
Granville tries to encourage Gastric's artistic side in a local art competition and has bought a lot of mystery tins of something - how to sell something when no-one knows what it is?
Madge is thinking of leaving the area and taking Mavis with her. Granville must give her a reason not to go while also trying to shift some jars of very sour crab-apple jelly.
Granville plans a night out at a pricey restaurant so he and Gastric can persuade Madge and Mavis to stay. It's time for Leroy to meet Beth's father. Eric and Cyril try to make their wives jealous.
A trip to Scarborough provides Granville with the chance to combine business with pleasure. Back in the shop Leroy is in charge for the day - what could go wrong?
