Thu, Mar 22, 2012
Ollie is shocked when captain Ben drops him from the local Saturday League football team for being too old,when he hits his thirty-second birthday. Answering a newspaper advert he joins another team,which includes Darren,but they are rubbish and stand no chance against his old side. When Liz starts dating Ollie's young replacement - who turns out to be only fifteen - and gets him grounded before a vital game Ollie has his chance of revenge.
Tue, Apr 19, 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...
Thu, Mar 29, 2012
Disturbing burglars at Emma's cafe Ollie is shocked to unmask one of them as Darren,who claims he needs money to pay off a debt to his pregnant girl-friend Joanne's scary uncle Reggie but that his accomplice Ricky has the thousand pounds stolen from the till. Ollie confronts Ricky,threatening to have him arrested unless the money is returned. Unable to give Reggie the money Darren is forced to turn up at the registry office to marry Joanne but then the police arrive,claiming that Emma and Ricky were working an insurance scam between them. Most of the wedding party is arrested - to the delight of Darren,who has now been let off the hook.
Tue, Apr 12, 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.
Tue, Mar 29, 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.
Thu, Feb 23, 2012
Already irked by expectant father Darren bringing his robot baby to work, Ollie is further confused by a new phone app which leads him to rip out a kitchen at a house where the brief was actually to build a bedroom for the new orphanage. Winging it he explains to the man from the council that he was about to supply the new bedroom for free, hoping his act of charity will bring his business good publicity. Unfortunately Liz and Emma, literally fighting over him, destroy the work in hand but somehow a miracle occurs as the new orphanage is about to be officially opened.
Tue, Mar 22, 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.
Tue, Apr 5, 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.