Patrick Nolan

The premise of this new comedy series starring Caroline Quentin as Maddy Riley, a recently married woman trying to foster a relationship with her stepchildren, is so tired it's practically slipping on its bedsocks. The funniest cast member in this opening episode is Maddy's young son Ted (Patrick Nolan), who's trying to impress a girl he likes by stealing leg wax and denture paste for her. Is the girl in question his schoolfriend Ella? "Ella's eight, I'm nine," Ted tells his mother. "We have nothing in common."