Rita comes to visit and no sooner is she through the door than Alf argues with her about Else. After Alf criticises Margaret Thatcher, claiming that no woman should be PM, Else and Rita gang up against him with Winston, who brings an equally camp friend home to throw a party for Rita.

Fed up with everybody having a Sunday roast except him, Alf makes his first trip to market. But he's forgotten he can't cook.