The author Peter Tinniswood , creator of the Brandon family, visits Liverpool where he was born and takes with him two of his fictional characters - the uniquely pessimistic
Uncle Mort and his nephew Carter Brandon. Uncle Mort can't stand the place or its people. But Peter is glad to be back amid his memories.
'We used to come to the Pier
Head by tram to watch the ships go by. My Uncle Fred would doff his trilby to the Liver Birds and he'd sing, Mersey Docks
And Harbour Board
And little lambs eat ivy.'
Written and narrated by Peter Tinniswood.
Producer ALLAN KASSELL Director ROGER KEECH BBC Leeds