Alison Steadman and Davd Johns star as the pair of elderly singletons who strike up a friendship while out walking their dogs.

"A moving, relaxed, honest portrait of two later-life singletons" – Radio Times

Pensioner Dave is a retired psychiatric nurse, living alone near Hampstead Heath, where he regularly walks his gentle, elderly German shepherd Tillie.

One day, Dave meets a woman out walking her Yorkshire terrier Henry, and she ticks him off for not keeping Tillie on a lead. Henry’s owner is a divorcee named Fern.

On a subsequent walk they bump into each other again, and this time the meeting is more cordial. Over time and distance covered in sensible footwear, the two develop a friendship that takes a romantic turn.

But with the ups, come the downs…