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Eloise Webb

Fern Deacon

Ben Barker

Amanda Hale

Andy Nyman

Jason Barnett

James Lailey

Elizabeth Bennett

Gemma Jenkins

Nina Stibbe

Amanda Whittington

Man at the Helm: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 - Man at the Helm, Episode 2

Nina Stibbe’s comic novel. Elizabeth falls for local handyman Charlie Bates

Elizabeth falls for a local handyman because he looks like Frank Sinatra. Starring Amanda Hale and Andy Nyman. From 2016.

Local handyman Charlie Bates is not on the man list for Lizzie's three meddling kids.

But they're prepared to give him a shot when their divorced mum falls for him - because he looks like Frank Sinatra...

Nina Stibbe’s comic novel set in 1970s rural Leicestershire. 

Adapted by Amanda Whittington.

Lizzie ….. Eloise Webb
Amy….. Fern Deacon
Little Jack ….. Ben Barker
Elizabeth ….. Amanda Hale
Charlie Bates ….. Andy Nyman
Mr Lomax ….. Jason Barnett
Dad ….. James Lailey
Mrs Bates ….. Elizabeth Bennett

Director: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2016.

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Comedy following the madcap schemes of three children to find their mum a new man.

Amanda Whittington's adaptation of Nina Stibbe's comic novel set in 1970s Leicestershire about the madcap schemes of three kids to find their recently divorced mum a new man.

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