Brand New Friend

Finding friends is hard to do... When thirty-two-year-old Rob Brooks's long-term girlfriend asks him to leave London and live with her in Manchester, it not only means moving cities and changing the only job he's ever had, but also leaving behind his best mate in the entire world, Phil Clarke. Believing in love conquering all, Rob takes the plunge and convinces himself of his ability to make new friends. Rob tries his best to sort out the situation, but when six months in he still finds himself without even a regular drinking buddy, he begins to realize that sometimes making friends in your thirties can be the hardest thing to do. With this in mind, Rob begins a strategy that, though risky, has the potential to deliver what he wants: a brand new friend. His strategy? Advertising in a classified ad in a Manchester magazine. After three excruciatingly embarrassing "bloke dates," Rob begins to despair. But then his luck changes. He finds himself a brand new friend. However, there's a problem. Apart from knowing less than nothing about music trivia, football, and supermodels' vital statistics, Rob's new friend has one huge flaw: she's a girl.