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Hello Pen It's Me - Vince

Exterior - Day - Pinner Metals Yard

Vince drives into his father's scrap metal works - he passes Tom a workman. His dad - Les is talking to his younger accident prone brother Clifford. Cliff is playing with globe on a bulldozer (jcb) and breaks both.

Interior - Day - Pinner Metals Office

Vince has called round to ask his rather surprised father for advice.

His father breaks out the universal equaliser a bottle of spirits

His father recounts some of the scrapes he has been thorough in the past including a love bite on big toe "It was very dark" and how and Rita (Vince's mother) had survived them.

Les guessed it is about a woman and notes this is the first time he has come to ask him for advice since the last time - with Penny

His father listens as he pours out his heart in a dignified manner and talk gets round to Vince jilting Penny. He blames it on her family again

Les tries to be sympathetic but has little understanding he is out of his depth

Vince reaches the crux of his problem

After the sudden sentimentally Vince quickly goes back to admiring himself in the mirror

Vince decides to act on the advice to phone Penny immediately - he spends the rest of this episode trying to say these few precious words.

Interior - Day - Cross cuts to Warrender's House

Daphne is dressed in dark blue hat and suit and fetches Penny

But no matter what (Boyzone again) he can't get the words out and settles for "See you at 8:30".

Exterior - Day - Pinner Metals Yard

Vince leaves the office and finds Les looking with pride at the scrap yard

Interior - Day - Warrender's House

Daphne is watching peoples a March For Jobs '83 on the television

The pointless conversation continues with Norman she makes a gaffe fluffing her lines

Norman is constructing a model boat like 'the Victory' and he enthusiastically goes to sail it in the kitchen - these kits are not meant to float.

Penny argues with her mother about .. Vince. She is determined to be her own person.

Daphne tries to get Penny to indulge more in her social life

They discuss Penny's and Graham's first date in a vegetarian restaurant at 7 mins past 8 "And guess what time her turned up" and 2 1/2 years of marriage in which they "watched Jasper Carrot and bought a Flymo".

Penny compares life with Graham "a law-abiding decent man" and Vince "what will we do- where will we go - will he be there ?".

Shockingly Daphne does not contradict her

Her eyes glaze over as she lights a cigarette and sighs

In a well meant touching moment Daphne relates one her twists in the tale anecdotes trying to say she knows excitement.

She recounts her relationship with David and their trip to Selsy Bill

The story progresses with Penny on the edge of smirking as Daphne loses her love when he goes to Korea.

He went to war from "NAAFI store to NAAFI store" and she lost touch until meeting and old school friend - Edna Springer "nice girl big feet" who had met David in a military hospital.

Daphne had become engaged to Norman

Daphne married Norman not on the "Rebound more like a ricochet" as "with men like your father you always know the rates will be paid".

Norman walks through from the kitchen with his wet boat that has obviously sunk.

Interior - Night - Pub

Vince is preoccupied with trying to get the words out that he misses a joke "Do you see much of Noddy These days?".

Penny is anxious to discuss what nearly happened last night

Penny make sit clear that love is not her agenda and last night she was under "more stress than Concorde's wing".

Vince smiles at a girl to which Penny shows hurt but shrugs it off

Vince takes this as a green light and goes off to talk to the girl. Penny tries to even the score by talking to men at the bar.

The reply is an effeminate "Hello I'm robin" there then follows a delicious pause that is master stroke of comic timing as Penny turns to the man's companion

Penny realises she is out of place "You would have more luck" and interrupts Vince's chatting up by taking him is drink. She leaves him with a "Don't go to Korea".

Vince has abandoned tact in his pursuit

The girls hand him her empty glass "Thankyou".

Interior - Day - Warrender's House

The phone rings and Penny rushes to answer it but misses "Damn you Vincent Pinner" the credits roll.

The phone rings again and Penny answers it

Penny gloriously hangs up on him.