A young David Nobbs realizes there's more to writing a novel than just the title and TV fame beckons when cabs are sent to collect David's sketches for an iconic, groundbreaking satirical show.
David Nobbs has trouble explaining why he's impersonating Frankie Howerd in public to the police. Meanwhile Pebble Mill reject a short story about a successful middle class, middle management manager called Reginald Iolanthe Perrin.