The Proposal / The Dangers of Tobacco

S1 E3: In 'The Proposal', nervous hypochondriac visits his neighbour to ask for her hand in marriage. But his romantic endeavours are scuppered when the couple, and also her father, find themselves in a circle of petty arguments, disagreements...and an unstoppable bout of one-upmanship. Starring Mathew Horne, Philip Jackson and Sheridan Smith. In 'The Dangers Of Tobacco', a brow-beaten husband of a domineering wife delivers, at her command, a lecture on the harmful effects of smoking tobacco. But as he struggles to stick to the intended subject matter of his speech, we learn of his regrets, yearnings...and of his miserable life ‘under the thumb’. Starring Steve Coogan.