Hold The Sunset

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Hold the Sunset

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Edith and Phil's hopes of sunny retirement are shattered by the arrival of her son Roger.

Edith's dreams of retirement to the sun with her long-term suitor Phil are shattered when her 50-year-old son Roger arrives home, seeking to recapture his boyhood happiness.

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Alison Steadman

John Cleese

Peter Egan

Jason Watkins

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Hold the Sunset: Series 2: The Lemming Family

The Lemming Family

BBC One - Hold the Sunset, Series 2, The Lemming Family

Phil is outraged by Wendy’s book, and Roger has new hopes of becoming a carer.

Edith and Phil are dismayed to find themselves portrayed in Wendy’s prizewinning book, and Roger’s hopes of becoming a carer look like being revived.

Edith and Phil discover a local bookshop hosting a local author, Wendy Stevens, who is signing her first book, The Lemming Family. Thrilled that Wendy’s writing ambitions have come to fruition, Edith steers Phil into the shop to congratulates her, but Wendy seems alarmed at the prospect of Phil reading the book. Over a coffee immediately afterwards, Phil is outraged to find out that the characters in the book are thinly disguised portraits of himself and the family. 

Roger continues to busk by the riverside with Bob, and is horrified to spot among the crowd a familiar face: Mrs Pool, the woman from social services, with whom Roger had a run-in when he fraudulently applied to be a paid carer for his mother, impersonated by Queenie. 

Hold the Sunset: Series 2

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Edith's dreams of retirement are shattered when her 50-year-old son arrives home.

Edith and Phil are determined to fulfill their dream of retiring to the sun together -- in spite of, or in Phil’s case because of, the return home of Edith’s 50-something son Roger

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