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Comedy about a psychotherapist who thinks he has the answers.

Comedy about a psychotherapist who thinks he has the answers, if only his ex-wife and kids would listen.

Cracking Up: Series 1: Utopia

Utopia

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 - Cracking Up, Series 1, Utopia

Divorcee father Spencer is shocked to see the family home is no longer called Utopia.

Spencer’s shocked his family home is no longer called Utopia, then accidentally evicts himself! Stars Michael Hobbs. From 2017.

Divorcee Spencer arrives to take Tilly to school and is shocked to see the family home is no longer called Utopia. Meanwhile, teenage son Dylan has illegally downloaded Straw Dogs and daughter Tilly intends to attend school mufti-day in drag as one half of Siegfried and Roy (with cat Lord Lucan as the lion).

Spencer has an argument with the managing agent of his flat over a tiny detail of its refurbishment and threatens to give notice - which the agent willingly accepts. 

Spencer sees his list of clients in a daze, mentally obsessing over property and, as he fumbles through the day still carrying a wooden name plaque bearing the fading legend Utopia, ends up wandering into an estate agent's office in an attempt to talk to a pretty girl. 

A Big Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2017.

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