7.9/1029 votes#1 - Giraffe
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/15/2007
Tonight, Spleen appears on a quiz show as a guest celebrity and manages to talk a contestant out of winning a car. As usual it's Rick's hopeless attempts to lie and wriggle his way out of disaster that are the meat of the comedy. But the sauce is the fine supporting characters, notably gloomy eastern European home-help Magda (who tonight announces she is "unheppy" and wants to quit) and Spleen's hilariously vague teenage daughter Sam.
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8.3/1029 votes#2 - Hero
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/22/2007
Rick becomes a local hero when he stops someone from committing suicide. He gets even more excited when, as a result, a TV executive agrees to come to dinner to talk about Rick s career. Magda prepares a traditional dish from her country for the evening, but when the guests finally arrive, Rick gets an unwelcome surprise
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7.7/1026 votes#3 - Points
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/29/2007
Three more points on his licence will be a ban, so he tries to persuade Mel, Marty and Madga to take the blame. Meanwhile, the local cafe owner railroads Rick into doing a fundraiser to save the town library. On top of it all, his daughter Sam has decided to get a tattoo.
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7.2/1027 votes#4 - Idiot
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/6/2007
Rick's agent Mel's other client, ex-ice skating champ Gina Therese, has a new series coming up. Rick scoffs at the idea of an ice skater hosting a chat show until she asks him on as a guest. At home, Magda asks his advice on where to take her friend sightseeing when she visits England.
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7.2/1026 votes#5 - Sick
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/13/2007
The women in Rick's house are sick and he is forced to take over. Rick promises to field his partner Mel's work calls, but does more harm than good. Magda makes matters worse by arriving with her home made soup. All these distractions are stopping Rick from working with Marty on the game show they want to pitch to a broadcaster: 'Lying or Flying'.
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7.4/1026 votes#6 - Debacle
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/20/2007
Rick hosts an event for a pharmaceutical company. His stand-up goes down surprisingly well, but some of his ill-advised gags have far-reaching consequences.
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7.9/1026 votes#7 - Rita
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/26/2007
Rick gets a part in a film starring cinema legend Rita Stetler. Michael's father is a huge fan of Rita's and when Rick offers to get the star to sign his vintage poster he gets less than he bargained for.
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7.5/1026 votes#8 - Lucky
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 1/3/2008
Rick is sick of doing endless corporate gigs and accuses his writer Marty of lacking ambition, but a call from Hollywood changes everything. One of Mel's clients is going through a divorce, Ben and Sam start their own dog-walking business and Michael the cafe manager has started going to 'cuddle parties'.
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The Best Episodes of Lead Balloon Season 2
Every episode of Lead Balloon Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Lead Balloon Season 2!
Lead Balloon is a British television series produced by Open Mike Productions for BBC Four. The series was created and is co-written by comedian Jack...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC Four
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Giraffe" is the best rated episode of "Lead Balloon" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/15/2007. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Hero".