Love and Oysters by Charles Dickens, adapted by Stephen Wyatt

This cautionary tale told of Mr. John Daunce (David Calder), a retired tradesperson, leading an ordered life of breakfast, lunch and dinner with his two daughters, regular visits to the Sir Something's head with his two drinking buddies, and occasional walks. One day his life is turned upside down as he visits an oyster shop and encounters the assistant Fanny (Samantha Spiro), a young girl who offers him plenty of oysters, brandy, and a sympathetic era. From then on the story follows a predictable course: Daunce plies Fanny with gifts and chat in the belief that she has fallen in love with him, but discovers to his cost that she has been leading him on. Once his friends, notably Jones (Ioan Meredydd) called him a "sly dog", but now they think of him as a very "dull dog." However the experience does have its good side, as Daunce discovers an alternative to his regular, ordered life and starts another flirtatious relationship with a young woman in a tobacconist's shop.