Just Good Friends: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Paul Nicholas plays Vince Pinner, an East End bookmaker, who thinks he is Gods gift to women, and Penny Warender, a up market girl from Chipping Ongar. Wonderful casting of the central charatures, but the show is stolen by Ann Lynn and Sylvia Kay who play Vince and Penny's mothers.

Series details

• Title: Just Good Friends
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1983-09-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 1986-12-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8741
• TVDB ID: 76645

Cast and credited roles

• Paul Nicholas — Vince Pinner
• Jan Francis — Penny Warrender

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1983-09-22; final listed air date 1983-11-03.
• Season 2: premiered 1984-10-07; final listed air date 1984-12-25.
• Season 3: premiered 1986-11-13; final listed air date 1986-12-25.

Source and licence

Adapted from Just Good Friends on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.