Laura has a work placement so, with Janet out at work and Alan too clumsy to be safely left with a baby, she takes up Jamie's offer to babysit. When Jamie finds out he has an exam on the same day but doesn't want to let Laura think he's shirking his responsibility, he is forced to leave Emily with his last resort babysitters, Mike and Beth. They are both confident they can cope, but when they are presented with a newborn medical crisis, they discover they are not quite as capable as they thought.

Sandra, sick of Keith's increasing employment torpor, pushes him into getting a job. Desperate to get Sandra off his back, Keith takes a work-from-home job in the paper. But he's surprised to find he is working in the sex industry. Show less