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.
Streaming rank this week: 5,250
Press clippings
Paul Nicholas: BBC boss didn't want me for Just Good Friends' role
Just Good Friends star Paul Nicholas only landed his most famous role thanks to half a dozen BBC secretaries telling skeptical bosses he was a hit.
David Stephenson, The Daily Express, 24th June 2023BBC Four to repeat comedy classics
To link in with the celebrations of 100 years of the BBC, from Saturday 22nd October BBC Four will begin broadcasting classic episodes of sitcoms and sketch shows.
British Comedy Guide, 14th October 2022Before Ross & Rachel, there were two lovesick Londoners
Before Ross and Rachel from Friends, Tim and Dawn from The Office or Gavin and Stacey from, well, Gavin & Stacey, there were Vince and Pen from Just Good Friends - one of comedy's most feverishly followed will-they-or-won't-they couples.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 8th March 2020Sylvia Kay obituary
Stage and screen actor who played the snobbish mother Daphne in the BBC sitcom Just Good Friends.
Anthony Hayward, The Guardian, 4th February 2019Only Fools And Horses is TV's most-watched ever show
Only Fools And Horses has been announced as the most-watched show in the entire 80-year history of British television.
British Comedy Guide, 31st October 2016Just Good Friends - box set review
Vince and Penny's on again/off again relationship is that rare thing - an 80s sitcom that hasn't aged badly.
Phelim O'Neill, The Guardian, 9th May 2013