Regardless of the quality of this spirited sub-slacker comedy, debutant director Saul Metzstein is to be applauded for his casting and choice of cinematographer. Brian Tufano brings the same exemplary sense of place that elevated Trainspotting, East Is East and Billy Elliot to this tangled tale of four flailing friends - womanising shelf-stacker James Lance, jobless ladette Kate Ashfield, twitchy telephonist Enzo Cilenti and lovesick hospital porter Luke de Woolfson. Occasionally, episodes sit uneasily, but such is the pace and perception of Jack Lothian's script and the unforced affability of Metzstein's direction that the Friends clichés and easy resolutions can be readily forgiven.

Four friends Sean, Vincent, Lenny and Jody find themselves at something of a deadend. Trapped in a twilight world of permanent night shift work, they hang out together in the local cafe, drinking coffee and entertaining themselves by observing Vincent's unwavering success in pulling women. There seems to be little prospect of change...until Vincent accidently sleeps with Sean's girlfriend.