This is a beautifully acted series following an unlikely pair of friends in the later years of their lives.
Billy (Michael Williams) is a washed up, alcoholic comedian making a new start, from a Northern working class background. Ted (Russ Abbot) is a more educated, professional man, a teacher, who has spent the past decade caring for his ill wife. When she dies, he sets off on a whim with Billy - a man he knows from the local pub - for Blackpool, where Billy has a new gig as a nightclub compere.
Each series has a different setting. The first is the grimy strip club of Blackpool, where Billy has to finally confront his lifestyle and health issues, and Ted falls in love and has to suffer heartbreak again.
The second series is set in Greece, with some lovely location shoots, where the men's friendship continues to develop and Ted reconnects with an old flame.
The third series takes us to the British seaside once again, and has more the flavour and plot of the first series. Billy has a job at a pier theatre and finally reconnects with his estranged family. Ted becomes increasingly involved with the theatre world and finds himself a new life and sense of purpose. It's reminiscent of The Good Companions but with a more open ending: the two men, their solid friendship, and a sense of hope in their September years.
Definitely give this a watch if you're able to find it.
