Seasons & Episodes
A Chip in the Sugar
Graham is a middle-aged man with a history of mild mental health problems, living with his mother in Leeds.
A Lady of Letters
Irene Ruddock is not afraid to speak, or rather write, her mind: she writes letters to her MP, the police, the chemist -
Bed Among the Lentils
Susan, an alcoholic, nervous vicar's wife, distracts herself from her ambitious, and, as she sees him, vainly insensitiv
Soldiering On
Muriel is a strong woman, and always has been — a pillar of the community, a regular charity worker, and a volunteer f
Her Big Chance
Lesley is an aspiring actress, who, after a series of unpromising extra roles on television programmes such as Crossroad
A Cream Cracker Under the Settee
Doris, aged seventy-five, is a tidy woman — and when she suffers a fall after trying to clear up after her considerabl
Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet
Miss Fozzard is a lonely, middle-aged department store clerk in the Soft Furnishings Department whose free time is mostl
The Hand of God
Celia is a covetous antiques dealer who brazenly aids elderly neighbours for the sole purpose of being in a good positio
Playing Sandwiches
Wilfred is, we discover over time, a reformed paedophile living under a false identity and working as a much-praised mai
The Outside Dog
Clean freak Marjory gradually comes to realise that her partner, who works in a slaughterhouse, is using his employment
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Rosemary is a lonely woman who takes it upon herself to tend to a female neighbour's garden after the latter is arrested
Waiting for the Telegram
Violet is a confused, elderly woman in a nursing home who has been told by the excited staff she will soon be receiving