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Ellen's reserves of optimism are dwindling as she falls out with Simon over finances.

Ellen is running out of optimism after a big falling out with Simon - over money. Stars Stuart McQuarrie.

Simon and Ellen have fallen out over the credit card bill. 

Weeks later, the frostiness has still not thawed and Ellen’s reserves of optimism have run out. 

Funny, frank and feisty adaptation of Gill Sims’ best-selling novel.

Ellen is a stressed-out working- mum. She’s got high hopes of having a perfect life, but the gulf between her aspiration and her 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 
Sylvia … Joanna Tope
Michael … Crawford Logan
 
Director: Kirsty Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.

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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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