The Wilsons Save The World

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The Wilsons Save the World

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Sitcom about trying to live ethically and do the right thing.

Sitcom about trying to live ethically and do the right thing. Written by Marcus Brigstocke and Sarah Morgan.

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Marcus Brigstocke

Kerry Godliman

India Brown

Mia Jenkins

Mike Wozniak

Rupert Vansittart

Vicki Pepperdine

Shannon Murray

Julia McKenzie

Sarah Morgan

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The family wrestle with various needs for approval as Mike's parents come to stay.

The family wrestle with various needs for approval from others as Mike's parents come to stay. Stars Kerry Godliman. From 2017.

Michael and Maxine Wilson and their teenage daughters, Lola and Cat (plus their bearded dragon Chomsky, and about 150,000 bees) have resolved to live a cleaner, greener, serener life. 

Starring Marcus Brigstocke and Kerry Godliman.

Sitcom about trying to live ethically and do the right thing.

Written by Marcus Brigstocke and Sarah Morgan.

Millions of people try every day to make 'good' choices and do the 'right thing', be ethical, charitable and community minded. It's hard. Most of us live with hypocrisy and failure all the time but keep on trying. 

The Wilsons, good folk that they are, are trying about 20% harder and learning to live with about 19% more failure. They are not giving up. 

In this episode, the family wrestle with their various need for approval from others as Mike's parents Phillip and Jennifer come to stay.

Mike ...... Marcus Brigstocke
Maxine ...... Kerry Godliman
Lola ...... India Brown
Cat ...... Mia Jenkins
Paul ...... Mike Wozniak
Postman ...... Mike Wozniak
Phillip ...... Rupert Vansittart
Jennifer ...... Vicki Pepperdine
Till ...... Shannon Murray

Producer: Julia McKenzie

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2017.

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