At Sizzlinghurst, Mrs Gosling is on the point of divorce - which is seriously affecting her cooking. Henry has had enough and is on the verge of firing the Goslings, so Vera embarks on a mission to get Mrs Gosling to forgive her husband and bring harmony back below-stairs.

Meanwhile, in an attempt to win back Vera's affection (which Vera has given to Hilda), Ginny secretly installs an Aeolian Harp in the gardens at Sizzlinghurst in the hope that its sweet sound will captivate Vera. But things backfire when the painter Augustus Dong and his Biblical beard turn up to propose the setting up of a pantisocracy with Vera and Henry.

A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4.

VERA SACKCLOTH-VEST..........................MIRIAM MARGOLYES
HENRY MICKLETON...................................JONATHAN COY
MRS GOSLING..............................................ALISON STEADMAN
GINNY FOX..................................................ALIS0N STEADMAN
LIONEL FOX................................................NIGEL PLANER
HILDA MATTHEWSON…………………...MORWENNA BANKS
AUGUSTUS DONG…………………….…..JOHN SESSIONS
GOSLING THE GARDENER........................NIGEL PLANER Show less