Penny's Mum and Dad's house is just behind Thorpe Bay Station and the church they got married in is Wakering church
Both Paul Nicholas and Jan Francis were both just eleven years younger than their respective on-screen mothers in real life. Paul Nicholas was a mere seven years younger than his on-screen father, Shaun Curry.
Exteriors filmed in Essex around Southend, Thorpe Bay and Wakering
The final 1986 special of Just Good Friends, which was broadcast on Christmas Day, attracted a massive audience of nearly 21 million viewers.
In an interview on This Morning in 2019, Paul Nicholas described the series as "brilliantly written" and "absolute gold dust".