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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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Freshly divorced Mimi freezes her eggs and broke Joe's actions spark a choice by Lucy.

Freshly divorced Mimi freezes her eggs and broke Joe's actions spark a choice by Lucy. Stars Mark Bonnar. From October 2013.

Mimi is having a hard time. She's freshly divorced and scared of her eggs going stale so she's decided to freeze them. But she didn't realise she had to give herself hormone injections. What's the divorced etiquette of asking an ex-husband to inject your torso? And how come she's not the favourite parent? Could it be because she was a complete failure trying to convince the mother of Tom's best friend that skateboarding was safe?

Joe is flailing too. And very broke. When Lucy sees him posing at her life drawing class she bolts. Does he think he can do a Lena Dunham and go naked at his age? She switches her allegiance to Mimi and gives her a make-over that turns her into Ernie from Sesame Street.

Meanwhile Tom is still proud of Dad. Joe talked Jennifer into letting Freddy skateboard. But his mum makes him wear so much protective gear he and Tom look like Team Pathetic. And with his big chrome bucket of a helmet, Freddy looks like Darth Vader - but stupid. Now the pair of them get pelted with KFC cartons and cans.

Maybe Mum can help. If she can recover from the smell of the vegan dog food Jennifer has given her.

Cast:
Joe...................Mark Bonnar
Mimi..................Sarah Alexander
Tom..................Finlay Christie
Lucy..................Phoebe Abbott
Tuberose..........Charlotte Richie
Jennifer.............Emily Bruni
Freddie..............Harry Nowell

Writer: Marcella Evaristi
Director: Marilyn Imrie

Producer: Gordon Kennedy
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