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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.

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Still on her package holiday, Vera is abducted by Transylvanian separatists.

Still on her package holiday, Vera is abducted by Transylvanian separatists. Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.

Howard is no help in rescuing Vera, so Irene, after breaking out of her Ibizan jail, implores Brian to help. 

But when Brian catches up with Vera in Moscow, Vera's enraging remarks about her new-found intimacy with Irene's son-in-law urge Irene to write an anonymous letter she may regret...

Irene    ......    Prunella Scales 
Vera    ......    Patricia Routledge
Howard    ......    Christopher Kelham

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.

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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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