In his last collaboration with writer Paul Mayhew-Archer, John Gordon Sinclair played an aspiring thespian in An Actor's Life for Me. Now Archer and Sinclair turn their attentions to another profession: journalism. Nelson's Column is set around the offices of the Herald, a provincial newspaper where Gavin Nelson struggles every week to find an exciting local story to spice up his column inches. But of far more immediate interest to Gavin is his colleague Clare (played by Sophie Thompson, Emma's sister), a cub reporter with little interest in his romantic intentions.
In the first episode, Gavin considers how best to woo Clare. Will flowers and soft music make her fall for him? Or burglars and superglue?

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