White Van Man

Giving up dreams of running his own restaurant, Ollie has taken over the handyman business from his ailing dad, Tony. On his first day, Ollie quickly finds himself out of his depth, driven up the wall by his incorrigible assistant Darren 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, and manages to make an utter fool of himself in front of her. It's all about the little guy trying to get ahead while still trying to do the right thing, despite discovering a new kind of chaos behind the door of every new job. He can either deal with the nutters that live on our glorious isle or escape from them in his classic white Ford Transit.

Ollie decides it's time to modernise the family business and kicks into marketing overdrive to promote Curry and 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 has been up all night playing violent online games with a web designer called Kat. It's all about the little guy trying to get ahead while still trying to do the right thing, despite discovering a new kind of chaos behind the door of every new job. He can either deal with the nutters that live on our glorious isle or escape from them in his classic white Ford Transit.

When Jeremy refuses to pay the full amount for a bathroom fitting, Ollie blocks his driveway with the van, refusing to move unless Jeremy coughs up. This act of rebellion starts to get the attention of the local community. Darren breaks his friend Irene out of an old people's home and promptly loses her.

Darren wakes up with a dreadful hangover next to 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. Emma finds herself in serious trouble with her financier, Ian.

When Ollie finds his dad Tony trying to rustle up work in a suspect manner, he decides to draw a line and make sure the business runs by the book from now on. Almost immediately Emma convinces him to break into an estate agents for her with the help of the local burglar Ricky. Darren attempts to swap a blind woman's sofa with one he stained at his brother's flat.

Something is up with Ollie. He and Darren are building a wardrobe for Albert 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.

Ollie swaps the job book for a fancy new phone app, which soon lands him in hot water. Tensions between Emma and Liz rise, while Darren struggles to come to terms with fatherhood.

Ollie suspects Darren of moonlighting with a rival firm and hires a new assistant. Darren soon finds himself in way over his head. Meanwhile, Emma quickly wangles herself a promotion at work.

When Darren fails to turn up for work, Ollie, Liz and Tony must investigate his whereabouts, unravelling an action-packed mystery - which leaves Emma to deal with Ollie's move into his new flat by herself.

Ollie inadvertently arranges a date with an old flame, Emma discovers that Tony has managed to get a date of his own and Darren is left alone to work for a client with whom he shares a bitter past.

Ollie is unable to celebrate his birthday when he is dropped from his Saturday league football team before an important tournament. Liz gets carried away on a date with a younger man.

The series finale sees Darren betray Ollie with severe consequences. Ollie must also contend with the possibility that Emma may not be the perfect girlfriend he thought she was.