White Van Man - Complete Series 1 ( White Van Man - Complete Series One )

White Van Man - Complete Series 1 (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: White Van Man - Complete Series One
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
172 min + 20 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Iain B. MacDonald

Written By:
Adrian Poynton

Actors:
Will Mellor ..... Ollie (6 episodes, 2011)
Joel Fry ..... Darren (6 episodes, 2011)
Naomi Bentley ..... Liz (6 episodes, 2011)
Clive Mantle ..... Tony (6 episodes, 2011)
Georgia Moffett ..... Emma (6 episodes, 2011)
Ram John Holder ..... Uncle Phil (4 episodes, 2011)
Blake Harrison ..... Ricky (2 episodes, 2011)
Sam Fletcher ..... Traffic Warden (2 episodes, 2011)
Victoria Longley ..... Joanne (2 episodes, 2011)
Marcus Garvey ..... Paul (1 episode, 2010-2011)
Aleksandar Mikic ..... Pole (unknown episodes, 2010)

Synopsis:

White Van Man is a knockabout comedy sitcom with a warm heart about a reluctant handyman. Ollie is an aspiring restaurateur whose dreams are dashed when his father suffers a heart attack and he has to take over the family painting and decorating business. The story follows the enthusiastic Ollie, who along with his disastrous co-worker, encounter comedy chaos behind each of their customer's front doors.

Episodes Comprise:
Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: Ollie's First Day
Original Air Date-22 March 2011
Season 1, Episode 2: Turf
Original Air Date-22 March 2011
Season 1, Episode 3: The Stand
Original Air Date-29 March 2011
Season 1, Episode 4: The Morning After
Original Air Date-5 April 2011
Season 1, Episode 5: Honest
Original Air Date-12 April 2011
Season 1, Episode 6: Beginnings and Ends
Original Air Date-19 April 2011

White Van Man is a knockabout comedy sitcom with a warm heart about a reluctant handyman. Ollie is an aspiring restaurateur whose dreams are dashed when his father suffers a heart attack and he has to take over the family painting and decorating business. The story follows the enthusiastic Ollie, who along with his disastrous co-worker, encounter comedy chaos behind each of their customer's front doors.

Episodes Comprise:

Ollie's First Day: Giving up dreams of running his own restaurant, Ollie has taken over the handyman business from his ailing dad, Tony (Clive Mantle: Vicar of Dibley). His first day on the job, Ollie quickly finds himself out of his depth, driven up the wall by his incorrigible assistant Darren (Joel Fry: The Impressions Show) and alienating every client he works for, even getting embroiled in a paternity case. In the midst of it all he runs into an old crush, Emma (Georgia Moffett: Dr Who) and what with everything on his plate, he manages to make an utter fool of himself in front of her.

Turf: Ollie decides it's time to modernise the family business and kicks into marketing overdrive to promote Curry & Sons Home Maintenance. His flyering campaign starts bringing in trade nicely but little does he know they are ruffling some shady feathers. Things really kick up a gear when he discovers that his assistant Darren (Joel Fry: The Impressions Show) has been up all night playing violent online games with web designer called Kat (Joanna Page: Gavin & Stacey).

The Stand: When Jeremy (Rufus Wright: Quantum of Solace) refuses to pay the full amount for a bathroom fitting, Ollie blocks his driveway with the van, refusing to move unless Jeremy coughs up the full amount. This act of rebellion starts to get the attention of the local community. Meanwhile Darren (Joel Fry: The Impressions Show) breaks his friend Irene (Deddie Davies: The Catherine Tate Show) out of an old people's home and promptly loses her.

The Morning After: Darren (Joel Fry: The Impressions Show) wakes up with a dreadful hangover next a beautiful naked woman with no clue as to how he got there. When he sneaks out he finds his boss, Ollie about to knock at the front door ready for their day's work fitting a fireplace in the very house Darren was trying to leave. Meanwhile Emma (Georgia Moffett: Dr Who) finds herself in serious trouble with her financier, Ian (Dexter Fletcher: Hotel Babylon).

Honest: When Ollie finds his dad, Tony (Clive Mantle: Vicar of Dibley) trying to rustle up work in a suspect manner, he decides to draw a line make sure the business runs by the book from now on. Almost immediately Emma (Georgia Moffett: Dr Who) convinces him to break into an Estate Agents for her with the help of the local burglar Ricky (Blake Harrison: The Inbetweeners). Meanwhile Darren attempts to swap a blind woman's sofa with one he stained at his brother's flat.

Beginnings & Ends: Something is up with Ollie. He and Darren (Joel Fry: The Impressions Show) are building a wardrobe for Albert (Brian Murphy: George & Mildred) in a small room and tempers begin to flare. Before long it seems everyone Ollie knows is revealing secrets, leaving him with a big decision to make.

Season 1

Season 1, Episode 1: Ollie's First Day
Original Air Date-22 March 2011
Despite being booted out of catering college for his inability to distinguish oregamo from marijuana Ollie still hopes to open his own eaterie the Toast Office but,when his father Tony's health fails,he reluctantly takes over his handyman's business. Saddled with gormless sidekick Darren,his first day is a disaster as one of Darren's mates steals his Satnav,a girl claims that he is the one out of several handymen who have been to the house that impregnated her and he gets a parking ticket. Even an encounter with old flame Emma is not a treat when he discovers that she has her own cafe and stole its name from him.

Season 1, Episode 2: Turf
Original Air Date-22 March 2011
Ollie decides to remedy the fact that the van bears no contact number and invests in a load of flyers - with a hammer and sickle on them. He also engages the services of Kat,with whom Darren plays online video games,to create a web site. Then his tools are stolen and a note left which reads,Stop This Now. Unbeknown to him there are four handyman family firms in Maplebury,each with its own turf and he has encroached on somebody else's territory. After Tony has intervened and got the tools back Ollie comes to appreciate why there is no number on the van.

Season 1, Episode 3: The Stand
Original Air Date-29 March 2011
When Yuppie Jeremy only pays Ollie £600 and not the agreed grand for his new bathroom Ollie takes a stand by blocking the driveway with his van. Since the street's other residents hate Jeremy, Ollie soon gathers support,including that of Darren's sister Liz,a special constable in addition to working in a DIY shop. But when Ollie succumbs to the great British compromise he loses his local heroic status and it is left to Tony to recoup the rest of the money. Darren has problems of his own when he 'loses' Irene,a sparky old Irishwoman he has taken out for the day from her care home.

Season 1, Episode 4: The Morning After
Original Air Date-5 April 2011
Ollie arrives to fit a fireplace for the glamorous Lucy only to find that Darren has picked her up in a club and spent the night with her,telling her that he is a lawyer. Consequently he sees himself as above helping Ollie and a further hindrance occurs when Tony asks Ollie to place a bet for him. At the bookies Ollie discovers that his father is on a wanted list as the leader of a supposed betting scam gang and the staff keep him prisoner. Fortunately Darren,in his guise as a lawyer,is able to spring him but by this time he has missed meeting the backer prepared to set him and Emma up with their cafe,the Toast Office.

Season 1, Episode 5: Honest
Original Air Date-12 April 2011
Ollie rebukes Tony for trying to drum up trade by breaking Emma's mother's roof tiles so he is not happy when Emma asks him to break into the estate agent to find out how much a rival bidder for the premises she wants for the Toast Office has put in so she can top it. Furthermore he gets innocently roped in when Darren wants to take the sofa from a blind customer's flat and swap it with his brother's identical settee,which he has stained. Local burglar Ricky is a great help on the first heist though it was not a good idea to give him access to so many house keys - including Darren's brother's.

Season 1, Episode 6: Beginnings and Ends
Original Air Date-19 April 2011
Ollie and Darren are fitting a wardrobe for elderly Albert but when he goes to collect his pension he locks them in the bedroom. Hearing that Ollie slept with Liz is too much for claustrophobic Darren and the lads fight,trashing the room. Making their escape they find a delegation outside the house. Joanne,the girl who claims a handyman impregnated her,turns up with Tony,at least eight and a half months gone but unable to name the father. Liz and Emma are next to arrive and Ollie is the last to know that Liz is in love with him. A fight breaks out but when Joanne's water breaks,Ollie drives her to hospital,declaring that everything will be all right. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for Tony,who has another heart attack...

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