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When Bill’s wife walks out on him for the gardener, he’s left lonely and broke. In the hope of turning his life around, he lets out his spare rooms to four students.

When Bill finds out the lodgers have given themselves nicknames but left him out, he embarks on an ill-advised quest to attract a one of his own.

Bill worries the lodgers are taking advantage of him, so he starts saying “no”. But when they meet a PhD student who’s only so happy to help, he finds himself in a battle with a rival.

Bill joins dating apps and presents a heavily idealised version of himself, but it backfires when his date takes an interest in his “intellectualism”.

Bill tries to cheer up his lodgers. But his woeful inability to keep a secret makes everything worse.

When Hettie moves into halls, the loss of rental income leaves Bill scrambling to find a new lodger.