Mr Loverman - Episode Guide

After Carmel catches and reprimands Barry for creeping into bed during the early hours from god knows where, Barry decides it is finally time to ask for a divorce so he can set up a new life with his best friend and lifelong lover – albeit discreetly. However, Barry's plan to tell Carmel after she returns from church the next morning is scuppered when she brings home her gang of Christian cronies for Sunday lunch.

Barry returns from dropping Carmel at the airport alone to find a ringing phone with his furious daughter Maxine on the other end, demanding that he meets her that afternoon. Barry admits to Morris his inability to tell Carmel about the intended divorce.

After a night drinking cocktails, Barry accidentally misleads Morris to believe that he is ready to consider recognising their relationship with marriage. Dizzy with romance, Morris asks Barry to meet up and excitedly plans to pop the question himself.

As Barry walks through Hackney to meet Morris, we venture with him on a trip down memory lane to the 1990s, when the stakes of being caught were at their most severe.

Carmel returns to her father in Antigua, where she reflects on her own secrets, regrets and her side of the complicated marriage story. 

Barry and Donna's nights mirror each other's in an episode about how secrets and misunderstandings have shaped their world views. 

When Barry is tasked with looking after Daniel, the two men of different generations must learn to relate to one another, until a betrayal provokes an unexpected outburst. 

When Barry is tasked with looking after Daniel, the two men of different generations must learn to relate to one another, until a betrayal provokes an unexpected outburst. 

Barry prepares to tell Carmel the truth he has been hiding for five decades and to face a brave new world.