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Frazzled Ellen spends time with the hot new dad at the school gates.

Frazzled Ellen spends time unwinding with the hot new dad at the school gates. Stars Gabriel Quigley and Stuart McQuarrie.

As tensions build in the house, Ellen starts spending time with the hot new dad at the school gates.

Gill Sims’ funny, frank and feisty novel about a stressed-out working-mum.

Ellen is a white wine loving frantically busy woman who's got high hopes of having a perfect life, but the gulf between aspiration and reality is an ever-widening chasm of chaos. But this is the year that everything will change…for sure. 

Dramatised by Christine Entwisle
	
Ellen … Gabriel Quigley
Simon … Stuart McQuarrie 
Louisa … Maryam Hamidi 

Director: Kirsty Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Comically-observed diary of a stressed-out working mum by Gill Sims.

Comically-observed diary of a stressed-out working mum by Gill Sims. Funny, frank and feisty.

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