Mr Bingley
What is Mr Bingley's first name?
It's Trevor.
How many people are in his family?
Three - My Bingley, his ex-wife, and their daughter.
How does Mr Bingley get to school?
He walks.
What type of school is it and where is it?
It's a primary school in his village (Tring).
What is Mr Bingley's new job?
Housesitting
What does the postman give Mr Bingley at the start of the episode?
Final notice, unpaid bills.
What's Mr Bingley's ex-wife and daughter's name?
His ex-wife's name is Jess and his daughter's name is Maddy.
Why does he need to use the electric meter? How much money does he put in it?
To turn on the kettle. He puts in one pound.
What is the school play about?
It's the Christmas Nativity which tells the story of the birth of Jesus.
Where is Mr Bingley's new job?
In a big house in London
What's Mr Bingley job? Is he popular in the village? If so how do we know this?
He's the school caretaker. Yes, everybody he meets says hello to him and knows his name.
Where is Mr Bingley when he speaks to his wife and daughter? Why? What news do they give?
He's in the garden because their is no reception. They say they will spend Christmas in a villa in Barbados.
What does Mr Bingley decorate the Christmas tree with? What colour were decorations?
Sweet wrappers. They were gold and purple.
What happens at the end of the school play and why?
He drops the star on the stage. He is surprised that he will be paid a lot for his new job.
How much does Mr Bingley's new job pay?
It pays ten thousand pounds
Name three jobs Mr Bingley is asked to do when he arrives at school...
Take the chairs, get a 'no vancancy sign for the inn, get straw for the stable, get a new bulb for the Christmas star, make cups of tea and coffee,
When are Mr Bingley's family planning to get back from holiday?
After new year.
Why doesn't the social worker take the baby?
Because when he comes the baby hides in the house. He also thinks Mr Bingsley is strange.
Why does the headteacher want to talk to My Bingley? Why is she drinking?
To remind him that it's his last day at the school. She's nervous about the play.
Why did they ask Mr Bingley to do the job? Why is the caller (boss) confused?
The other housesitter can't do it (cancelled). Mr Bingsley is doing the sound effects for the play.
Which four people does Mr Bingley call about the baby?
First he calls June (but there's no answer), then the head teacher, then the police, finally social services.
What two reasons help us understand Mr Bingley's ex-wife's new boyfriend is rich?
He has a villa and he wants to pay their daughter's school fees.
What colour is Mr Bingley's car? What make is it? Which station does he catch a train from?
He drives a red Ford car. He catches a train from Tring station.
What sound effects does Mr Bingley do during the play?
horse/donkey hooves, wind, and baaing of sheep
What is the nearest tube station to where Mr Bingley works? What is unusual about this part of London?
Piccadilly Circus Station - there are big advertising screens.