Just Good Friends (1983)

TV sitcom
BBC One
1983 - 1986
22 episodes (3 series)

Vince and Penny were about to get married, but he got cold feet and left her waiting at the church. Five years later they bump into each other again. Stars Paul Nicholas, Jan Francis, Sylvia Kay, John Ringham, Ann Lynn and more.

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1. Episode One

Sunday 7^th October 1984

Vince and Penny are separated again after rowing in a restaurant about the sale of their vandalised flat. An extremely drunk Vince plucks up Dutch courage to visit the Warrender home in an attempt at reconciliation but the police are called.

2. Episode Two

Sunday 14^th October 1984

Relations between the warring couple are fairly peaceful, except that Penny thinks Vince is taking her for granted. She reckons he needs to be taught a lesson, so she invents an very good-looking and very imaginary colleague called Steve to make him jealous!

3. Episode Three

Sunday 21^st October 1984

Penny has an uncomfortable dinner with her estranged husband, Graham, where she is told that he is citing her for adultery in the divorce - and he has the pictures to prove it. She is amazed when Vince plays the 'knight in shining armour' and rescues her!

4. Episode Four

Sunday 28^th October 1984

Daphne has the dubious pleasure of a flying visit from the Pinners who happen to be just passing. Meanwhile, Penny and Vince attend a wedding reception where further misunderstandings occur involving Vince and the bride!

5. Episode Five

Sunday 4^th November 1984

Vince asks Penny to come over to his flat to hear some news. She decides to split up with him, again, but he tells her that he has met someone else and become engaged. However, he persuades her to go on a 'goodbye' holiday to his parents' villa in Portugal.

6. Episode Six

Sunday 11^th November 1984

Penny believes she may be pregnant. After getting over the initial shock, Vince is more supportive than usual and he discusses it with his father when he and Penny visit his parents for dinner.

7. Episode Seven

Sunday 18^th November 1984

Penny's divorce finally comes through and during a lunch to celebrate she jokingly asks Vince to propose to her. He obliges but emphasises that he is serious and Penny is taken aback by his sincerity. She contemplates a future with Vince once again and comes to a momentuous decision.

Just Good Friends. Image shows left to right: Vince Pinner (Paul Nicholas), Penny Warrender (Jan Francis)

Christmas Special

Tuesday 25^th December 1984

Penny has decided, once and for all, that her future with Vince is pointless. She reflects upon the day she first met him and their subsequent courtship, not to mention his ice-cream van. How he eventually jilted her on their wedding day and her subsequent unhappy marriage ... and, finally, their chance meeting in the pub that brought them back together.

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Just Good Friends - The Complete Series 1 - 3 And Christmas Special DVD

Paul Nicholas and Jan Francis are outstanding in their roles as Vince - the cockney, unreliable, Jack-the-lad with a witty one-liner for every occasion - and Penny - the posh, prim and proper lady. When Vince got cold feet and left Penny standing at the altar, Penny got on with...

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Just Good Friends - The Complete Series 1 - 3 And Christmas Special DVD

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