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The Gobetweenies

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Marcella Evaristi's sly take on contemporary parenting

Marcella Evaristi's sly take on contemporary parenting looks at a divorced North London family through the prism of two go-betweening siblings

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The Gobetweenies: Series 3

Mark Bonnar

Sarah Alexander

Finlay Christie

Phoebe Abbott

Valerie Cutko

David Troughton

Marilyn Imrie

Gordon Kennedy

Marcella Evaristi

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Mimi branches into teenage fiction. But what's the best name for a go-betweening dog?

Mimi branches into teenage fiction, but what's the best name for a go-betweening dog? Bittersweet shared parenting comedy stars Mark Bonnar. From October 2013.

Marcella Evaristi's bittersweet take on divorced parenting looks at a north London family through the prism of two go-betweening siblings.

Starring Sarah Alexander as Mimi and Mark Bonnar as Joe, their arrangement comes under strain - newly divorced Mimi is blaming Joe for the failure of her third marriage. But it's hard to establish a regime of minimum contact with her children's father when the new dog has to attend puppy classes.

And no one can decide on his name.

Mimi has decided to branch into teenage fiction but, when the kids discover they are being used as copy, they mutiny. Lucy pretends to have an eating disorder and lies that Tom is now bed-wetting. But Mimi is set on her new writing venture. She's calling it The Gobetweenies and it's all about urban puberty.

Mimi's agent Ruby disapproves. She tells Lucy and Tom about Philip Roth and his warnings on the fall out of writing about your own family. But when Tom starts reading Portnoy, he gets wonderfully inspired.

Written by Marcella Evaristi
Director: Marilyn Imrie

Producer: Gordon Kennedy
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4.

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