The Mimic

Pharmaceutical maintenance man Martin Hurdle livens up his tedious workdays by doing celebrity impressions. He learns that he has an 18-year-old son named Steven and, pausing only to impersonate Ronnie Corbett stuck in a pillar box, joins…

Martin rings his ex Dionne to complain about her keeping Steven a secret before being given dubious dating tips by desperate newsagent Neil. Come the weekend, he heads off for the pub where he puts on a convincing accent to fool the…

After the flood damage caused by Jean from upstairs leaving the bath taps on, Martin takes his computer for repair and narrowly avoids being arrested when a photo of himself as an infant is found on it. His plans to meet Steven at the zoo…

Martin and Neil comfort a recently dumped Jean, and Martin returns to the flat to share a - platonic - bed with her. Steven gets him a job doing celebrity voices for SatNav and whilst the engineer is out, Martin ad-libs and is caught on…

Martin prepares for his television debut though, thanks to Jean's makeover, his skin is considerably darker and on the eve of the appearance, he loses his voice. Neil takes him to a doctor, who diagnoses nerves but gives him tablets…

Following the failed voice over session, Martin is now jobless and doen an agent as Steven, depressed by his mother's death, wants time to himself. Neil, newly dumped by Jean, agrees to be Martin's agent and gets him a spot busking at the…

After suffering an ant infestation, Martin attempts to console a heartbroken Neil, who believes his lacking estrogen is at fault. Martin sees Steven off, who is travelling abroad, before going on a blind date Jean arranged with her friend…

Martin gets a job in site management at a deserted building but quits after discovering indigents sleeping there. He does, however, find a diamond ring that Neil's father assesses as being valuable. Whilst Neil sees a psychoanalyst to get…

Whilst Neil finds working out the perfect therapy, Martin opts to swap mimicry for stand-up but it's a disaster, finally redeemed when he switches back to impressions. To the dismay of the adoring Jean, he proposes to Harriet, largely to…

Though his career is flourishing, Martin is perturbed by Harriet's enthusiastic wedding planning and, particularly, the prospect of circumcision. Harriet has Sunday dinner with the Hurdles, where Nan lets slip that the ring was in fact…

Against Jean's advice, Martin goes ahead with the wedding, financing it himself since Harriet's father has dropped out. Harriet, apparently more attracted to his impressions than Martin himself, criticises him, and on the way to the…