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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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Irene is livid when she hears about Vera's planned MI6 assignment with her son.

Irene is livid when she hears about Vera's planned MI6 assignment with her son. Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.

Irene’s kept on the move by her island-hopping employees so can’t prevent Lesley sending Christopher, Irene's treasured only son, out to Moscow to bring back Vera. 

When Vera explains that she and Christopher are to go on a dangerous mission for MI6, Irene takes the desperate steps of appealing to Nellie Thoroughgood, Chris's adoptive mother, for help

Irene    ......    Prunella Scales 
Vera    ......    Patricia Routledge
Nellie Thoroughgood    ......    Susan Jameson

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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