As he is standing outside the post office, a wheelbarrow full of building rubble falls on top of him, causing serious physical injuries (from which he recovers) and leaving him with a greatly reduced attention span.

Godfrey however has a very bad influence on the boy and his school friends, as they turn in to a gang of shoplifters that become news media with an unidentified elderly man as the suspected ring-leader.

Eventually the children are apprehended by the police, and an elderly member of the black community – who is also paraplegic – is mistaken for Godfrey and arrested; mass riots result in protest.

In the last episode, after seeing government advertisements promoting free-enterprise, Godfrey sets up his own business in Gordon and Muriel's house, hiring an elderly lady he met in hospital to knit tea-cosies in the shed.

When she falls dead of a heart attack, Godfrey attempts to perform a post mortem, which he believes himself to be an expert in after purchasing a partwork of Complete Medical Knowledge.