Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups

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Tom Wrigglesworth phones home for his weekly check-in.

Tom Wrigglesworth phones home for his weekly check-in, giving us a glimpse into his family background and the influences that have shaped his temperament, opinions and hang-ups.

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Tom Wrigglesworth

Judy Parfitt

Paul Copley

Kate Anthony

James Kettle

Miles Jupp

Katie Tyrrell

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Phoning his parents in Tenerife, Tom regrets persuading them to explore beyond their hotel

Phoning his parents in Tenerife, Tom regrets persuading them to explore beyond their holiday hotel. With Paul Copley. From 2013.

Tom's parents are in Tenerife but that doesn't stop him making his weekly check-in call. 

Tom lives to regret persuading them to explore more than just the hotel whilst they're on holiday.

As the conversation unfolds, Tom takes time out to explain the situation, his parent's reactions plus anecdotes from the past illustrating his family's views.

During all this Hang Ups explores class, living away from 'home', trans-generational phenomena, what we inherit from our families and how the past repeats in the present. All in a 30 minute phone call.

So get underneath the skin of Tom and the Wrigglesworth family in a 30 minute totally legal bit of phone hacking.

Written by Tom Wrigglesworth and James Kettle

Additional Material by Miles Jupp.

Tom Wrigglesworth ...... Tom
Judy Parfitt ...... Granny
Paul Copley ...... Dad
Kate Anthony ...... Mum
Amy Wrigglesworth ...... Amy

Producer: Katie Tyrrell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2013.

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups: Series 1

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