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Series 2 episodes are: 'Guilt', 'Another Man', 'The Evidence/Or His Bottle Went', 'Caught On a Shoulder Strap', 'Farewell Holiday', 'Pregnant? This entry was posted in DVD, Television, TV: 1980s and tagged BBC, Jan Francis, John Sullivan, Just Good Friends, Only Fools and Horses, Paul Nicholas by Jonathan Melville. If you are in the North America, look out for US/Canadian flag icons on popular product listings for direct links. Taking some time off from detailing the adventures of Del and Rodney, John Sullivan instead turned his attentions to Vince (Paul Nicholas) and Penny (Jan Francis) for Just Good Friends (Eureka TV), the BBC One romantic comedy which pitched viewers into the lives of a once-engaged couple whose relationship had ended when bridegroom Vince failed to turn up to his wedding. Five years, and a chance meeting later, Penny’s feelings are rekindled, feelings that she thought were gone forever.
John Sullivan's 1983 hit sitcom Just Good Friends bucks this trend; it even seems quite modern today. Series 1 episodes are: 'After All This Time', 'Hello Again', 'Let's Spend the Night Together', 'Fatherly Advice', 'I Don't Want to See You Again', 'Happy Birthday, Penny' and 'Moving in.All fourteen episodes from the first two seasons of the comedy series about the problematic relationship between Vince (Paul Nicholas), an East End bookmaker, and Penny Warrender (Jan Francis), an upmarket girl from Chipping Ongar.
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.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. The long unavailable Christmas special, a prequel to the series-proper which shows how the couple first met, comes with some edits to the soundtrack due to problems with music rights, but these don’t spoil a fun, and laughter-track free, 90 minutes. Francis shines as the put upon Penny, though her willingness to forgive Vince’s foibles each week does begin to grate.