Candy Cabs

- Season 1

(2011)

When Shazza Whitehead drops down dead in the supermarket it is more than a personal tragedy for her friends Elaine and Jackie as the trio were about to launch Candy Cabs,a fleet of pink taxis with all female drivers. The two partners decide to carry on,Elaine having remortgaged her house - unbeknown to husband Dave - to buy the cars though Jackie is struggling to stay in hers as ex-husband Barry has put it on the market. Thanks to handsome Tony McQueen from the Permits Bureau the girls are soon in business with only dippy Di,Dave's sister,failing her driver's exam. ...

Business is booming thanks to Jackie's on-screen lie and footballer Eddie Shannon hires Candy Cabs for his wedding though the date clashes with Shazza's birthday,when her daughter Witney hopes to scatter her ashes. On the hen night Elaine is suspicious when bride-to-be Kendra leaves early with a supposed old friend called Sean and next day expresses doubts about the wedding after seeing a photo of Eddie kissing another girl. However Sean admits he set the situation up to Jackie,who saves the wedding in bizarre style,gaining good publicity for the firm in the process. ...

Tony convinces Jackie the woman with whom she saw him was his sister,not his wife,and he agrees to support Candy Cabs when they are taken to a tribunal for sexism,as they only take female fares. However he is removed from his job for partiality as he is dating Jackie and he learns that treacherous council official Merv slipped him the bung. A contract for Girls on the Go,a social club for elderly women,seems heaven sent though the cab firm almost falls foul of its frosty organizer Ms. Pritchard when one of the old ladies enjoys herself so much it induces a heart ...