Why Mummy Drinks (Omnibus)

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Why Mummy Drinks

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

Gill Sims’ funny, frank and feisty novel about a stressed-out working-mum. Stars Gabriel Quigley as Ellen.

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. 

Gill Sims’ funny, frank and feisty novel.  

Omnibus of five parts dramatised by Christine Entwisle. 

Ellen … Gabriel Quigley
Simon … Stuart McQuarrie 
Louisa … Maryam Hamidi 
Sylvia … Joanna Tope
Michael … Crawford Logan
Kathy … Sally Reid

Director:  Kirsty Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.

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