Rent September Song: Series 2 (1994)

Starring opposite Michael Williams (A Fine Romance), Abbot plays Ted Fenwick, a quiet schoolteacher who has lost his wife after nursing her through a long illness. Having agreed to spend a summer in Blackpool with old friend and former stand-up comic Billy Balsam, Ted finds that his life is now inextricably bound up with that of his companion. This second series opens another chapter in the unlikely friendship, as the two set off on a recuperative cruise following Billy's near-fatal heart attack. Amid the ruins of ancient Greece, they find romance, disappointment, heartache and hope...