The name David Threlfall is usually linked with serious drama such as ITV's Paradise Postponed and Titmuss Regained and the BBC's Clothes in the Wardrobe. Tonight he makes his BBC comedy debut with this new sitcom written by and featuring Teenage Health Freak's Daniel Peacock.
Birds of a Feather creators Maurice Gran and Laurence Marks are the producers (with Claire Hinson). Threlfall plays Lenny, a thirty-something travel agent, separated from his wife and keen to impart his wisdom to his innocent young colleague and lodger, Kendle Bains.
In this first episode, Match of the Day, Kendle is taught the importance of golden memories when Lenny desperately tries to prove he scored the winning goal in his school's under-11s challenge cup.
Director Terry Kinane
An Alomo production for BBCtv
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