By Patricia Hannah.

Who do you turn to for help and support when you discover that your husband is having an affair? Isobel Lauder - a genteel Edinburgh housewife - seeks guidance from two unlikely sources: Bette Davis and Celia Johnson playing their respective roles in All about Eve and Brief Encounter.

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And this afternoon comes Patricia Hannah's play In the Treacle Well (2.15pm R4), in which an Edinburgh woman discusses how to deal with the corpse of her adulterous husband, while considering conflicting advice from Celia Johnson and Bette Davis - with both of whom she's cheerfully quaffing martinis