25 September 2013 (2013-09-25) – 17 December 2015 (2015-12-17)
All at Sea is a British children's television sitcom set in a bed and breakfast.[1] The series aired on CBBC from 2013 to 2015. It stars Nicola Stephenson, Steve Edge, Ryan Wilkinson, Olivia Cosgrove and Sam Hattersley amongst others. It is filmed on location in Scarborough and various locations around South Manchester (principally Stockport) and at studios in Manchester. The house filmed is located in Bowdon, Altricham. A second series began airing in September 2014. The series was nominated for the 2014 Kids' BAFTA awards for Best Comedy.[2] It was nominated again in 2015 for the same award.[3] "Santa" was the final episode.[4] Repeats of the show began airing on 1 May 2019 at 17:00 on the CBBC Channel.
Plot
The series revolves around the chaotic misadventures of the Enright family, who have recently moved to Scarborough to run a bed-and-breakfast by the sea. Their middle child and eldest son, Charlie, is a deceptive and mischievous troublemaker who is constantly plotting schemes to achieve his goal with his best friends, the equally-troublesome Alison and the level-headed and more sensible Ben. Charlie's parents, Kevin and Helen, run the dysfunctional bed-and-breakfast and usually try to improve it in different ways, while his vain, rude older sister Hannah is often trying to achieve a goal too, and his eccentric, gullible younger brother Louie believing a tale that will traumatize him and will try to conquer it. Each episode ends with Charlie complaining about his punishment by uttering his catchphrase – "It's a travesty of justice!" The only episodes that didn't end with this is the Series 1 Christmas special "Murderer" and the 2015 Christmas special "Santa". Although filmed with all the Series 2 episodes in the summer of 2014, "Santa" did not actually air until 2015, therefore not being part of Series 2. It was the final episode.
Repeats stopped airing in June 2017 but returned in May 2019. In September 2019 a boxset of the entire first series was made available on BBC iPlayer, and the second series became available in October 2019. Repeats continue to air regularly on CBBC.
Charlie accidentally destroys the windshield of his neighbour Mr. Leith's car, and a boy named Roy is framed for the crime. Feeling guilty, Charlie and his friends Ben and Alison try to help Roy, but end up putting him through more trouble. Meanwhile, Charlie's older sister Hannah develops a love interest in a boy named Ryan, where she joins a group cleaning at the beach, while their younger brother Louie's contraction of head lice spreads across the Enright family and parents Helen and Kevin must save the health of the B&B.
Charlie accidentally destroys his mother Helen's new birthday present vase. Hannah is dismayed when she is forced to be babysat by her classmate Carol.
Hannah tries to come up with a new business idea for her school project and starts to worry when a competitive Kevin offers to help, creating a rivalry with Mr Leith. Meanwhile, after being banned from the comic book store, Charlie and his friends attempt to be the first ones to meet the writer of their favourite comic book series, with disastrous results.
Charlie and his friends befriend a guest, who is marrying his girlfriend and hopes to propose to her with a ring, in the hope to earn money. But when he hands the trio the responsibility of the ring, they lose it and ruin his life.
Kevin's goddaughter is being baptised, while Charlie causes havoc. When Ben makes a stain remover to remove a stain on Charlie's shirt, Kevin mistakenly uses the cloth as a normal washing cloth which makes the baby go green. Hoping to delay the christening before Grace's so she can recover from the stain remover, he soon causes havoc turning everyone else green.
Charlie deceives his parents and the police that he has foiled a burglary, escalating into him being nominated for an award. Meanwhile, Kevin invests in a hot-tub, but Helen is unsure it will elevate the bed and breakfast to spa status.
After realising their arch-enemy Tuttle's scheme for Halloween, Charlie and the gang decide to beat him by making Ben pose as a wheelchair-ridden boy to earn more sweets. Meanwhile, Kevin tries to create the neighbourhood's biggest Halloween display using untested fireworks, which leads to disaster, while Hannah deals with her broken leg and Helen tries to prove that the Enright family are good people.
Charlie, Ben and Alison work with a "Punch and Judy" puppeteer to help improve his act. Meanwhile, Helen tries to prove she is "hip" with Hannah, while Louie invites his friend Conor to stay over at the bed and breakfast, whom Kevin assumes is Louie's imaginary friend by making him do chores around the house.
When Ben gets his hand stuck in a gumball machine, Charlie takes over his place in his magic act in a talent competition. Meanwhile, Kevin befriends the father of the new leader of Hannah's dance crew, whom she jealously frames for vandalism, while Louie develops a fear of scarecrows.
When Charlie accidentally loses all the chickens, he deceives his parents into believing a "beast" was responsible, leading to ever more chaos. Meanwhile, Louie believes he has three wishes from a chicken feather, and Hannah attempts to find a date for a party.
When Wrestle-Hysteria come to Scarborough, Charlie, Ben and Alison scheme to receive tickets for the event by Ben posing as a wealthy and posh boy named Gambit to impress a Wrestle-Hysteria wrestler and his daughter. Meanwhile, Helen and Kevin read Hannah's diary and use it as a source of understanding her thoughts, and Louie is convinced that he is using favouritsm on his clothes.
It's Christmas in Scarborough. Charlie sets up a Santa's Grotto in a public toilet to get money to buy Mum perfume after spending £500 on downloading a bunch of movies on her phone. Meanwhile, Hannah dates a very strange and controlling boy named Ted just for the expensive presents and Louie thinks Santa is following him.
Note: The opening titles were modified for this episode featuring many clips from the series 1 Christmas special, "Murderer".[citation needed]
Notes
^was shortened down to "Pride" in the actual episode.
