Ladies of Letters Go Global (Omnibus)

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Ladies of Letters

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Two mature ladies share a sometimes rocky relationship via their barbed correspondence.

Two mature ladies share a sometimes rocky relationship through correspondence. Based on books by Carole Hayman and Lou Wakefield, starring Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.

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Ladies of Letters Go Global (omnibus)

Ladies of Letters: Ladies of Letters Go Global (Omnibus)

22/04/2007

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Vera nabs a package to Ibiza, while Irene aims to save her friend from seduction.

Vera nabs a package to Ibiza, while Irene aims to save her friend from seduction. Stars Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge.

Intrepid grandmothers Irene and Vera are back - and this time they are going global. 

Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge star as Irene Spencer and Vera Small.

With both at loggerheads with their respective families - Vera decides to take a break in Ibiza, and invites Irene to join her. 

But, a simple holiday soon becomes a big adventure as they quickly fall out, get into separate scrapes in different countries, appeal to each other for help, and end up chasing round the world from Moscow to the Maldives. 

Short of cash, forced to take casual work, and having to sort out family crises back home, on the hoof and from a distance - nothing dampens their spirits. 

Grappling with unfamiliar accents and unusual foods, the indomitable ladies find themselves launching into battle with everyone from hotel owners to Transylvanian separatist rebels. 

In fact, they're coping admirably with foreign travel, but how will the rest of the world cope with the Ladies of Letters?

Omnibus of a five part series of comic emails - written by Carole Hayman and Lou Wakefield.   

Producer: Claudine Toutoungi

First broadcast in five parts on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.

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