Rudy's Rare Records

Rudy's Rare Records is a tiny down at heel old reggae record shop in Birmingham - one of a dying breed; a place with real soul, stacked with piles of vinyl, where the slogan is "if we don't have it - them don't mek it". It's owned by the charismatic, irrepressible Rudy Sharpe (Larrington Walker), reluctantly helped out by his long-suffering neurotic son Adam (Lenny Henry) and Handsworth's first, black, surly girly goth, Tasha (Natasha Godfrey).

Four years ago, Adam was forced to leave behind his life in London after being hit with divorce, redundancy and a nervous breakdown. Now he finds himself trapped in the confines of the dusty old record shop that his father has owned since the 1960s, both of them sharing the miniscule flat upstairs and adapting to occasional sightings of his 18 year old son, Richie (Joe Jacobs), who's also a constant source of worry for Adam.

Rudy's lifelong friend Clifton (Jeffery Kissoon) and grandson Richie get on like a house on fire, bonding over music, Guinness and rum, much to Adam's despair. Adam is the odd one out - a classical music fan in a reggae shop; a man who'd rather have a Waitrose sea bass than Jerk chicken.

With Rudy's chaotic approach of "if it ain't on the shelf, it's on the floor" clashing with Adam's post-breakdown need for calm and order, the shop becomes a battleground with both men wanting to run things the way they think it should be done. Thankfully, Adam's found himself a supportive ally in the form of Rudy's calm and canny, sixty-something girlfriend, Doreen (Claire Benedict).

Forced into finding a way to survive each other's company, Rudy's Rare Records celebrates an old man, a mid-life crisis man and a young man, bickering, snickering, breaking-up and making-up; all day, every day.