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Series 2

Life and Death

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Tony is upset that his family seem to have forgotten his 60th birthday but is then even more aggrieved when he finds out Imogen's planned a surprise party.
Ashley attends his Nan’s funeral and is reunited with his Mum for the first time in years and Imogen’s mother arrives to offer Gideon and Rebecca unwanted advice on childbirth.

Last in the series of the critically-acclaimed sitcom. When Tony (Mark Steel), a working class, left wing South Londoner, falls in love and marries Imogen (Claire Skinner), an upper middle class property developer, their sons - Croydon chancer Ashley (Elliot Steel) and supercilious Eton and Oxford-educated Gideon (Ivo Graham) - are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted.

Cast:
Tony - Mark Steel

Imogen - Claire Skinner

Ashley - Elliot Steel

Gideon - Ivo Graham

Rebecca - Ayesha Antoine

Nigel - Simon Greenall
Geraldine - Isla Blaire
Heather - Ashley Maguire
Little Dicky - Barry Castagnola
Eileen - Ruth Bratt
Stefan/Barber - Naz Osmanoglu

Written by Barry Castagnola, Elliot Steel and Ian Pearce

(additional material from the cast)

Executive Producer- Mario Stylianides

Producer/Director- Barry Castagnola

Sound Recordist and Editor- Jerry Peal

Broadcast Assistant - Alex Lynch

Assistant Producer - George O'Regan

Production Assistant - David Litchfield
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