Sitcom depicting the awful Brandon family, an extended Northern clan struggling with the miseries and stresses of family life. There’s miserable pessimist Uncle Mort, his sharp-tongued sister Annie who is constantly arguing with husband Les, their laid-back son Carter and his not so laid-back fiancé Pat, and finally old Uncle Stavely who carries his friend’s ashes around his neck in a box and only enters the constant bickering with a cry of "I ‘eard that! Pardon?".