Childhood friends Lee and Dean are builders who share a flat. Lee is a hit with their female customers, especially upper crust Mrs Bryce D'Souza but Dean has no such luck. Lee gets engaged to the garrulous Nikki, who moves in with them and organizes Lee's birthday party to which Mrs Bryce D'Souza turns up unexpectedly. To spare her affair with Lee being revealed to Nikki Dean admits to being her boyfriend but sadly for him she does not play along with the deception. Written by don @ minifie-1

Feeling edged out by Nikki Dean agrees to meet Mrs Bryce-D'Souza for her to apologize to him but they are forced to pose as a couple when Nikki and Lee turn up - a deception Dean's work-mates take for the real thing. Mrs Bryce-D'Souza is not happy with the arrangement so, at a charity gala Nikki has organized for her, Dean makes an announcement - which unfortunately backfires on him. Written by don @ minifie-1

Lee announces his engagement to Nikki through the door to his agoraphobic mother, who is not impressed and Dean is puzzled that Lee is fitting in so well with the gay couple for whom they are working and who encourage Dean to give a public poetry reading. The audience is unexpectedly appreciative, unlike Mrs Bryce-D'Souza when her husband Jonty returns from abroad to interrupt her affair with Lee. Written by don @ minifie-1

Lee is in financial difficulties, reluctantly accepting the grand Dean gives him from his inheritance before meeting Nikki's family, including her brother-in-law Jason, who offers him a job. Initially wary Lee is forced to accept when he loses Dean's gift at the dog track and with Mrs Bryce-D'Souza taking Jonty back an unhappy Lee makes a fool of himself in public. Written by don @ minifie-1

The builders take Dean and Lee to Yarmouth for a boozy stag party though Nikki's hen do runs less smoothly when her raucous friends fall out with Mrs Bryce-D'Souza, who plants doubts in Nikki's mind regarding Lee's commitment to marriage. As a result she decides to take her group to Yarmouth to confront Lee. Many confessions and confrontations result, causing a rift between Lee and Dean. Written by don @ minifie-1