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The ill-advised nature of mixing business with pleasure is the theme of tonight's White Van Man. The charming but flaky Darren attempts to pull off the feat of working with Olly (Will Mellor) on the house where he's just spent the night with the owner, Lucy - with neither Olly nor Lucy suspecting what he's doing. Emma, meanwhile, pitches one of Olly's business ideas to the errantly-haired Ian (Dexter Fletcher). It's Toast Office - a toast-themed restaurant with free champagne, "so you can toast your toast". It didn't start well, but this has been an endearingly surreal grower, mainly down to Joel Fry as Darren.

John Robinson, The Guardian, 5th April 2011

Ask Will Mellor a question about White Van Man

I don't know about you, but I'm loving the new comedy White Van Man and I think Will Mellor is brilliant as struggling handyman Ollie. So we thought we'd give you a chance to ask him a question about starring in the show.

Dana Stevens, BBC, 5th April 2011

Farce that collapsed under the weight of its daftness

BBC3's new show, White Van Man starring Will Mellor, was ridiculous farce which could have worked - but didn't.

Keith Watson, Metro, 23rd March 2011

Will Mellor must really love Cheshire. After Hollyoaks and Two Pints of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps, this is the third series he's been in that's been set there.

In this new sitcom - filmed around his hometown of Stockport - Will stars as Ollie Curry who's taking over the family handyman business.

While his father plans to spend his retirement watching daytime TV, Ollie's also inherited a hapless assistant, Darren (Joel Fry) who seems to be starring in a movie in his own head called Confessions Of An Odd Job Man.

Tonight, Ollie's first day sees him assaulted, robbed, ripped off and ridiculed and he makes some impressive enemies.

It probably won't make you laugh like an unblocked drain but it's on a par with Mellor's Two Pints Of Lager which will be back for a ninth series this year.

Jane Simon, The Mirror, 22nd March 2011

Will Mellor shows that he's better than Two Pints again in a sitcom set in Stockport. Not as good as Him & Her but certainly worth watching.

TV Bite, 22nd March 2011

Will Mellor on the right road in White Van Man

Will Mellor admits he's not much of a handyman. "I'm rubbish, to be honest," laughs the Stockport-born actor.

Ian Wylie, Manchester Evening News, 22nd March 2011

There ought to be mileage in a comedy based around the much maligned white van man, but on early evidence this series fails to make the most of the opportunity. It's not that it's bad (we are not talking Two Pints of Lager..., a sitcom with links to both White Van's main star Will Mellor and writer Adrian Poynton), it's just that's it's not very good - or clever. Mellor plays Ollie, an amiable fool who has to put his dreams of running a restaurant on hold to run his father's handyman business, with the help of an idiotic assistant (Joel Fry).

Simon Horsford, The Telegraph, 21st March 2011

Will Mellor: 'Ollie's not a typical white van man'

Will Mellor talks about his new role in the BBC3 comedy drama, White Van Man...

What's On TV, 21st March 2011

Will Mellor interview

Will Mellor tells us more about his new sitcom...

David Collins, TV Choice, 15th March 2011

Sheridan Smith stars in the hit ITV comedy based in a holiday resort.

You can take the girl out of Two Packets of Lager and a Pint of Crisps, but you can't take the, er, lager and crisps out of the girl... Indeed, in tonight's edition of this sunny sitcom, Sheridan Smith concocts the sort of prank that she'd normally play on Will Mellor or Ralf Little. However, with neither of them around, she stitches up a gullible Martin, who ends up legging it through a tourist attraction in the nip...

What's On TV, 9th October 2009

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