Happiness
Happiness: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

March 20, 2001

Episodes

6 episodes

Happiness

Season 1

Episodes

1. Personality Crisis

March 20, 2001
30 min

Danny Spencer is the voiceover actor for a children's TV program character, Dexter, a kung-fu nurse bear. Danny tries to face up to a personal tragedy after the death of his wife. Instead of grief, however, he is ashamed to find himself feeling a sense of freedom.

2. I'm Doing It for Me

March 27, 2001
30 min

Danny tries to halt the ageing process by spending time at the pub, while his ego takes a dent when Dawn French makes a guest appearance on Dexter's show.

3. Chained to an Idiot

April 3, 2001
30 min

Danny cannot escape sex; he's not actually having any, but it's everywhere. Terry & Rachel, meanwhile, visit the hospital for her ultrasound scan.

4. Desperate Dan

April 10, 2001
30 min

Danny has a dream involving Charlie Higson. Pitying Danny's plight, Bob Geldof sets him up on a blind date.

5. Celebration

April 17, 2001
30 min

Dexter the Bear gets nominated for a BAFTA, but Danny has a prior engagement.

6. Forty

April 24, 2001
30 min

With his 40th birthday looming, Danny gives his first-ever interview to the press, but his nerves cause him to drink too much and become somewhat indiscreet.