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Better Things

Series 1

Episode 2: Period

Duration: 24 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

Comedy drama series. Sam hopes that she can no longer get pregnant, then has to handle her daughter's escalating bad behaviour and her mum's heightened eccentricity. Show more

Better Things

Series 1

Episode 1: Pilot

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

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Comedy drama series. Single mother Sam Fox tries to raise her three daughters while keeping her acting career afloat. Show more

Contributors

Sam Fox:
Pamela Adlon
Voice of Phyllis:
Celia Imrie
Herself:
Julie Bowen
Director:
Louis CK
Writer:
Louis CK

Better Things

Series 1

Episode 3: Brown

Duration: 21 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

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Comedy drama series. Sam's latest work allows her to spend quality time with her best friend Sunny, and less endearing time with Sunny's husband Jeff. She also lands a date. Show more

Better Things

Series 1

Episode 4: Woman is the Something of the Something

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

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Comedy drama series. Sam is up for a role, but never knows about it because her agent doesn't want her to be hurt if it doesn't pan out. Show more

Better Things

Series 1

Future Things

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

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Sam takes care of Frankie when she runs a high fever, Duke when she has coins to turn in at the bank, and Max when she takes a frank look at her lackluster academic career.

Better Things

Series 1

Alarms

Duration: 24 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

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Sam learns that the scary part about getting old is the young people. She has issues with a young actor playing her son in a sit-com and with her hoarder mother Phyllis. Show more

Better Things

Series 1

Duke's Chorus

Duration: 22 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

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Frankie tricks Sam into taking Duke to her friend Morgan's Mormon church service, and Max is forced to attend as well when she overspends on her cab account.

Better Things

Series 2

Rising

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

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Sam is brutally honest with Rodney, whom she has been dating for three weeks, and lets fly with some heartfelt truths about their relationship. Show more

Better Things

Series 2

Robin

Duration: 24 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

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Sam almost immediately hits it off with Robin at her friend's haiku reading event. Show more

Better Things

Series 2

Sick

Duration: 19 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

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Sam asks Rich's advice when she has an anxiety attack about her new relationship. Frankie invites her father to dinner.

Better Things

Series 2

Phil

Duration: 24 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

Phyllis is behaving more erratically and becoming more confused. When she is hospitalised in a self-inflicted accident, Sam is forced to make some difficult decisions.

Better Things

Series 2

Eulogy

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Sam feels unappreciated when her daughters prefer to watch RuPaul than her own show.

Better Things

Series 2

Blackout

Duration: 21 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

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When the area is hit by a power cut, Sunny's ex-husband Jeff offers to drive Sam to the hardware store to buy a generator.

Better Things

Series 2

Arnold Hall

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

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Sam is bemused when her ex-husband's father arrives in Los Angeles with the London Philharmonic and asks her for a favour. Show more

Better Things

Series 2

White Rock

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

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Taking the children to visit her aunt and uncle in Vancouver, Sam learns an upsetting family secret.

Better Things

Series 2

Graduation

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

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Max is eagerly looking forward to her graduation party and despite not running to plan, has a wonderful unique present from Sam and the girls.

Better Things

Series 3

Chicago

Duration: 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

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Sam helps Max settle in to her first days of college life in Chicago and has an unsettling return journey back to Los Angeles.

Better Things

Series 3

Shake the Cocktail

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

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Sam is disappointed that Frankie has been missing from home for eight days without contacting her. Show more

Better Things

Series 3

Show Me the Magic

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

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Sam has some girl time with friends but is less than happy when a husband returns home early. At home, Duke is concerned about the presence of her late grandfather in her bedroom.

Better Things

Series 3

Get Lit

Duration: 22 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

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Sam asks medium Toby D'Angelo to investigate the presence of her late father in the house and chaparones Frankie to her appearance at the Get Lit poetry slam finals.