Rev, why do I always get the impression that everything is a competition to you. You appear to have been there, done that, read the book, and got the t shirt. If I told you I had a 9" c@ck (sadly it is not), you would probably say yours was 10" long and smelled of roses.
I watched the programme last night and felt sorry both the father and the twins. Losing the wife/mother obviously had a devastating impact on all their lives, and is what led the father to becoming an alcoholic, and certainly contributed to the twins becoming the 'couple of toe rags' Everhelpful mentioned.
Maybe even if their mother had not died they still might have turned out the same, but I still felt sorry for them.