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Allison forces son Owen to go on a much-needed diet, but he has other ideas.

Allison persuades TV addict Owen to go on a much needed diet. Starring Brigit Forsyth and Greg Hemphill. From November 2012.

Owen is a TV addict and overweight. Since he's reached the age of forty, Allison thinks it's about time he did something about it. 

Drawing on her days as a fitness fanatic, Allison draws up a fitness regime and puts a reluctant Owen through his paces. Frustrated at his bone-idleness, she hatches a plan. But a greedy man is a cunning man, and it's not long until Owen devises a plan of his own - with a little help from his friend. 

Writing about the first series of Living with Mother, Radio Times described it as "Alexander Kirk's astutely-observed comedy series...underpinning each of these tales is a bittersweet poignancy, a moment when the easy laughs are replaced with a lip-trembling insight into the vulnerability, lack of self-confidence and interdependency". 


Written by Alexander Kirk


Produced by Anna Madley
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4.

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