Series 1 Episode 1 - Ollie's First Day
White Van Man – Ep 1/6
Tuesday 22 March : 10.30-11.00pm BBC THREE and BBCHD
White Van Man is a new comedy series starring Will Mellor as the proverbial man with a van, written by stand-up comedian Adrian Poynton.
Mellor plays good guy Ollie, reluctantly putting his dreams of running a restaurant on the back burner when his ailing father, Tony, turns to him to take over the family handyman business. Unfortunately for Ollie, the business comes complete with a dodgy van, some questionable tips and an even dodgier assistant.
Meanwhile, Ollie tries to scrape a living while doing the right thing and somehow always managing to fail at both.
First there's Darren, his incorrigible liability of an assistant who manages to upset either Ollie, their clients and usually both while doing his best to do as little as possible. In the midst of this is Ollie's old crush from catering school days, Emma, not only a successful restaurateur but back in town and looking to set up a new business. There's also Darren's sister, Liz, who works behind the counter at the local hardware shop. She's one of Ollie's only true admirers – although even he's not quite sure just how serious her admirations are.
Ollie decides it's time to modernise the family business and kicks into marketing overdrive to promote Curry & Sons Home Maintenance, as the comedy starring Will Mellor continues.
When a customer refuses to pay the full amount for a job, Ollie finally has enough of always being seen as a pushover and decides to make a stand, as the comedy starring Will Mellor continues. However, his act of rebellion gets him more attention than he anticipated and suddenly the local community are rallying to the cause.
Darren wakes up next to a beautiful woman, but what should be his dream come true turns out to be a complete nightmare – particularly when he has absolutely no clue as to who she is or how he got there – as the comedy continues.
When Ollie catches his dad up to his old tricks, he decides to draw the line and run the business by the book from now on, as the comedy continues.