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Two mature ladies share a sometimes rocky relationship via their barbed correspondence.

Two mature ladies share a sometimes rocky relationship through correspondence. Based on books by Carole Hayman and Lou Wakefield, starring Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.

Ladies of Letters Go Global

Ladies of Letters: Ladies of Letters Go Global: Episode 1

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Vera nabs a package to Ibiza, and Irene aims to save her friend from seduction.

Vera nabs a package to Ibiza, and Irene aims to save her friend from seduction. Starring Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge.

Irene and Vera are back and this time they're going global. 

Determined to escape the aftermath of their respective Christmases from Hell, first Vera nabs a package to Ibiza, then Irene sets out to rescue her friend when she falls prey to the charms of Gaston the seductive Gascon.

Irene    ......    Prunella Scales 
Vera    ......    Patricia Routledge

The up and down relationship of two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence.
 
Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Havman. 

Producer: Claudine Toutoungi 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.

Ladies of Letters: Ladies of Letters Go Global

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Irene and Vera set out on a grand tour of the world.

Irene and Vera set out on a grand tour of the world, but nothing goes quite according to plan.

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