That Peter Kay Thing S1/E3 • The Ice-Cream Man Cometh

This episode revolves around the fading popularity of local ice cream vans. The subject of the documentary is Mr Softee Top, an ice cream man who resents every aspect of his job and has an intense dislike of children. He often verbally assaults his customers and Darren, his assistant. His attempts to boost sales include inventing the "Millennium Cone", selling at the sites of road traffic accidents and renting pornographic videos. To make matters worse, he has to compete with another ice cream man who has started trading in the locality: Signór Wippy. The second half of the episode is set in at Leverhulme Park's Bolton Show, where Mr Softytop runs out of ice cream and has to send Darren to get more. However, the ice cream Darren brings back has melted and has bought Crunchie bars instead of Flakes, causing Mr Softytop to have a psychotic episode. This results in the final triumph of Signór Wippy, although he is later exposed as an illegal immigrant. Mr Softytop leaves the ice-cream business and goes on to open a sex shop called Softy's Hard Stuff, while Darren takes over the van.