Last time they saw each other was just before Vince left Penny standing at the altar, so he's got some explaining to do. When Vince got cold feet and left Penny standing at the altar Penny got on with her life and tried to forget Vince once and for all. In 'Happy Birthday Penny', Penny decides to tell her parents that she's moving in with Vince as they celebrate her birthday.

The son of an MI6 agent, Nicholas had, like Vince, got quite far seemingly just on charm and cheek, with a resume that included musical theatre (lead roles in Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar and Grease), movie turns in Tommy and the bizarre flop Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and a string of novelty records starting with the David Bowie produced and written Over The Wall We Go and going on to such grim gems as Reggae Like It Used To Be. We also sell a wide range of refurbished Mobile Phones and Tech from major brands like Apple, Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and much more. When Vince got cold feet and left Penny standing at the altar, Penny got on with her life and tried to forget Vince. Nicholas’ Vince has a touch of the Del Boy about him, Sullivan not always making it clear if he is the cad he often appears, which has the effect of making him a curiously unsympathetic leading man.

Half the time you aren't even aware a joke is being set up, something Sullivan is particularly good at. Five years, and a chance meeting later, Penny's feelings are rekindled, feelings that she thought were gone forever. In 'I Don't Want to See You Again', Vince asks Penny to move in with him - but how will they break it to her parents?

Insisting that they would remain 'just good friends' but with emotions resurfacing a classic love-hate on-off relationship is (once . Rather than take umbrage, he set about creating Penny as a fully-rounded character, not merely a victim or someone there simply to service the jokes. Just as funny now even though I remember what was going to happen as the series is just unforgettable. If you are in Australia or New Zealand (DVD Region 4), note that almost all DVDs distributed in the UK by the BBC and 2entertain are encoded for both Region 2 and Region 4. 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.The set-up is simple: charming Jack-the-lad turf accountant wanders back into the life of advertising secretary Penny Warrender, having jilted her at the altar five years previously. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

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Just Good Friends: Series 1-3 All 24 episodes of the BBC sitcom charting the problematic relationship between Vince (Paul Nicholas), an East End bookmaker, and Penny Warrender (Jan Francis), an upmarket girl from Chipping Ongar. Series 2 episodes are: 'Guilt', 'Another Man', 'The Evidence/Or His Bottle Went', 'Caught On a Shoulder Strap', 'Farewell Holiday', 'Pregnant? Series 3 episodes are: 'Paris', 'Back in London', 'Meeting By Chance', 'Juanita', 'The Witness', 'Employment Prospects' and 'The Wedding'. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Exacerbating Vince and Penny's predicament are both sets of parents, Vince's - Les and Rita - are all leopard print and Brylcreem, whilst Penny's - Daphne and Norman - are quite the opposite, wine tasting and twin set types. Written by John Sullivan (Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith), this is a classic story of love, lost and found, where the question on everyone’s lips is will Vince and Penny remain ‘just good friends’? Exacerbating Vince and Penny's predicament are both sets of parents Vince's - Les and Rita - are all leopard print and Brylcreem whilst Penny's - Daphne and Norman - are quite the opposite wine tasting and twin set types. Dynamic, intensely humorous, a good story line, well paced scenes, flawless style, and excellent characters. Five years and a chance meeting later Penny's feelings are rekindled feelings that she thought were gone forever.

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