Jan Francis was (and it seems, still is!) absolutely adorable. A nice gentle sitcom - as so many were in those days. No agenda, no message - just entertainment. In the days before Snow White wanted to be “the strong leader, she always knew she could be”.

Everyone fancied Jan Francis! This was a truly classic comedy. First class acting and scripts.

@clivec10

11 ай бұрын

I still do :)

@kdp8133

11 ай бұрын

Wrong. Everyone fancied Paul Nicolas.

@andypalin3287

11 ай бұрын

Not arf ...well fit! 😂

@Golo1949

11 ай бұрын

So did I.

@Isleofskye

10 ай бұрын

@@kdp8133 I will say this quietly but you wouldn't be one of those Girlies,would you?

Jans style on that show was timeless 😊She could rock that hair style now as well as then 😊

I bumped into Jan Francis with my trolley in my local Tesco’s once. I was really apologetic and she was as nice as pie! I remember as a teen having a bit of a thing for her and Zoe Wanamaker of Love Hurts fame…

Ha ha I was madly in love with Jan when I was a youngster😍

@skinheadjon901

11 ай бұрын

Me too 😍🤗🙌👍

@stevenclark7733

11 ай бұрын

I still am !!

@redrobredrob

11 ай бұрын

She was gorgeous

@amazulu3401

11 ай бұрын

Yep, my teenage crush as well. Along with Stacy Dorning, Susan George, Jenny Agutter, Gabrielle Drake, Madeline Smith and many others. Real women instead of todays plastics.

@Willsey

11 ай бұрын

Don't blame you. Lovely

I remember this so well. Used to watch it while getting ready for a night out. Paul Nicholas was the older man/loveable rogue we girls wanted! Great memories of some terrible fashion trends lol.

Excellent. Thanks. One of the best sitcoms ever, in my opinion.

One of my all time fav comedy shows, Jan and Paul were great together. So glad to know they are most still acting.

I met Jan Francis many years ago when she came to Exeter for the official opening of the NEXT store. OMG she was gorgeous! 😍 I gave someone my camera to take a photo of the two of us together. 🤩🤩 Thanks Jan, it made my day, & a lot of my mates jealous & pi**ed off 'coz they weren't there. 😂

Used to watch Just Good Friends in the early 80s, to me Jan Francis will always be one of the most beautiful women ever ♥

I was John Ringham's postman. He lived in Muswell Hill. Always greeted you with a smile. Nice man.

Was a great show loved it years ago ,,

I drove Paul Nicholas home from the Palladium twice (or to a rental or friends house) in the Nineties when he was appearing with Frank Thornton among others (who I also drove home). I had seen this series only in parts, but assumed he was always an actor. Learning here that he started as a singer fills a gap for me. He used to practise his vocals for a short while, wearing an Arran sweater, in the back seat and he had an amazingly deep chested, naturally amplified tone, like he had lungs the size of a cave. One of only two people that impressed me with their singing in a car. Don't misunderstand, he was extremely nice and unpretentious, wasn't loud or showing off - just did it for a few minutes as if warming down his vocals and it wasn't overtly loud at all. Could feel and hear the notes like from an amplifier or cave, but not very loud. I couldn't describe it really. I was happy to see him in recent years on one of those x number of people go travelling. They went to a Far East destination, or possibly India. A Birds of a Feather star was also there. Also amazed here that Jan Francis was a top Ballet Dancer; that's like being a top athlete. Very impressive.

Thank you so much for taking us down the sweet memory lane.... same for 'Me and my Girl' would be nice. They don't make them like this anymore.

Series 1 Pen was lovely. I was 10 and I fancied her. Series 2 Pen was a bit snarky and changed her hairstyle and clothes. Series 3 Pen changed her hairstyle and clothes yet again and became a snooty harridan and if I'd been Vince, I would have run a mile. And now, 40 years later, I kind of fancy Daphne! But Jan Francis was, is and will always be beautiful in my mind. Forever Penny. And Vince was brilliant. He always kept calm and never lost his rag, even when he had troubles of his own. Awesome guy. These were all shown on some TV channel at the start of summer. Drama, I think. But as usual, they miss out the Christmas Special because of some music royalties issues. I had the episode on Betamax and remember bits of it.

Remember this show as if it was last week 🙂

I could not wait to see next weeks show loved all of it, fancied pen…….

Another excellent presentation

@gstv-uk

11 ай бұрын

Thanks again.

Very interesting, nice music too.

Ann Lynn appeared in one episode of Who pays the Ferryman? and was very good in it. I remember her best in The Black Torment, she was terrifying and gave me nightmares 😱.

subscribed love this sort of thing

Oh my goodness, Paul Nicholas was sex on legs & that man still had an amazing twinkle in his eye when I saw him on The Real Marigold Hotel a couple of years back. Just good friends was a beautiful gentle lighthearted comedy, the likes of which we will never see again, from a much innocenter time.

@stevedavis6879

10 ай бұрын

Agree. Definitely lighthearted , easy viewing and no vulgarities.

I once sat opposite Jan Francis on a tube train. She was/is lovely

@MonicaLillis

6 ай бұрын

I once sat opposite Belinda Lang on a Tube Train. Marylebone. Another lovely looking and talented Actress.

THEY REALLY SUITED EACH OTHER LOVE THEM ⚘💞🌈

Love Jan ❤

❤❤ pure gold just a fantastic drama , i just loved jan❤ best wishes from Durham England xx

First became aware of Jan Francis when she played the character Diana in the BBC's 1970's adaption of Anne of Green Gables . She was very good in the part - as where all of the cast -especially KIm Braden who played Anne . Massive shame the series was "wiped " like many from that era because the BBC thought they no longer had and future commercial value .

@richardboyce4635

2 ай бұрын

Season one is on BritBox

best sitcom ever.

@chrisguy1790

10 ай бұрын

Another masterpiece by John Sullivan

Brush strokes haha

John Ringham who played Norman Warrender appeared in the very first episode of Dads army and a few other episodes.

Paul looks really old I seen him on a retreat programme a few years back and didn't know it was him until credits came up!

interesting that the men were listed as 'x times married'and the women were x times divorced' lol Bloody loved Jan Francis though

@catherinegrimes2308

10 ай бұрын

That comment made my day!

They could never have married…that would have made her Penny Pinner!!

@rosycandyhaven

2 ай бұрын

But she was Penny Pratt first 😂😂😂

Fab prog 👍

Jan Francis is still a gorgeous looking lady

What about "Sorry" with Ronnie Corbett as a suggestion?, a very popular sitcom in it's time.

@gstv-uk

10 ай бұрын

Added to the list Peter. Thank you.

You missed out cliffy!

Howards Way

Kudos to writer John Sullivan

What happened to Cliff Pinner?

can you do Tenko please? absolutely loved that series ❤

Jan always reminded me of an ex of mine, in fact my first serious girlfriend...not so much in her looks, just the way she was. Long time ago

Can't hardly recognise Paul now. He was gorgeous.

A "Penny" type girlfriend, with a mother who absolutely detests you, and made no attempt to hide it. Glad i managed a "goodbye" of sorts, recently, Sarah. Shame i never got the chance to wish your mother the send off, her behaviour deserved, but hopefully it was exactly as i imagine 😊

Why doesn't the bell button work when i subscribed?

No shes mine 😂

One of the funniest moments was Penny'mum & dad were in bed, after making the beast with two backs. Norman says to his wife " Same old magic darling"? Whereupon she replies " Same old wand".! 😅😂😂😂

@rosycandyhaven

2 ай бұрын

Nothing like a bit of afternoon delight to put the colour back in your cheeks. Eh, Daphne?

What happened to Vincent the dim brother ?

Ballacks

Jan Francis got better looking as she aged.

Seeing Paul Nicholas on tv last week, was rather depressing, bald and looking rather haggard, got me thinking about the wrong things and how much of a laugh the 70s were.

🥱🤫 Sadly we already know that this was an awful so-called boring 💤 comedy series right from the start !. Best forgotten !.. .

@mrlister2000

11 ай бұрын

Many many people will disagree with you, as this was an excellent sitcom, including the 17m who watched the final episode. Excellent writing and acting, Paul Nicholas was a huge star in his own right, before, during and after this show.

@georgecurrie4808

11 ай бұрын

"So-called boring" - so you agree it wasn't boring then! Actually it was a very well written social commentary on the middle-class / working-class divide prevalent in the UK at the time, and some would say just as relevant today. What's missing from the admittedly short back-story is that it came out during the series that Vince didn't simply jilt Penny and leave her at the altar, but that he did so having had Penny's mother speak to him the night before the wedding and convince him that, as the son of a scrapyard owner, were he to marry middle-class Penny he would ruin her life.

@Willsey

11 ай бұрын

Well what's better at the moment? Nothing

@kdp8133

11 ай бұрын

It was of it’s time but enjoyable

@jwc-lw3sp

3 ай бұрын

Yet it wasn’t. It was hilarious, charming and utterly loveable. And many many people still think that to this day