Foggy, Norman and Compo meet an odd bloke looking for magnetic emanations with his weird invention. Pearl gives herself an astounding makeover to look more like Marina and forces Howard to take her out for a walk around the village.
Howard feels that his life is in a rut and nothing exciting ever happens - until Alvin convinces an old chum, Eva, to help him play a joke on Howard, but the result is Howard going on the run.