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15 Minute Drama: Al Smith - Life in the Freezer

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Sian Clifford

Jonathan Bailey

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Joanna Brookes

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Al Smith

15 Minute Drama: Al Smith - Life in the Freezer: Episode 5: Tarragon Chicken With Lime

Tarragon Chicken with Lime

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Episode 5: Tarragon Chicken With Lime

Al Smith - Life in the Freezer

Tarragon Chicken With Lime

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The family gather to scatter their mother's ashes and find themselves throwing a party.

The Cartwright family gather to scatter their mother's ashes and find themselves throwing a party. Starring David Warner.

by Al Smith

The family gather to scatter their mother's ashes and find themselves throwing a party.

At 66 June Cartwright finally lost her battle with Ovarian Cancer. She didn't fear death but what would happen to her family after she'd gone, for she knew she was the emotional glue that kept them together. For June, food was everything. A family that eats together, stays together.
June may have left behind her a husband and two children. What they will soon discover is that she also left behind fifty frozen meals, perfectly cooked to their tastes which serve to guide them through their grief, together.

This series charts five meals, spread across six months during which the Cartwright family pull themselves apart, back together, and figure out how to move on after their mothers death.

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Life in the Freezer

By Al Smith. Over five meals, a family comes to terms with the loss of their mother

By Al Smith. As the Cartwright family grieve the loss of their mother, they are aided by the freezer full of food she has left behind for them

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