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Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims: 4. Christmas

4. Christmas

Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims

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The last thing Ellen needs is to spend Christmas with her mother and step-sister.

The last thing Ellen needs is to spend Christmas with her judgmental mother and her smug step-sister. Starring Gabriel Quigley.

Ellen is juggling a full-time job, her family and the PTA. 

Her work don’t even know that she has children. 

The pressure is on. 

And the last thing she needs is to spend Christmas with her judgmental mother and her smug step-sister.  

Gill Sims’ second comic novel about Ellen, a funny, feisty and stressed-out working-mum. 
	
Ellen ...… Gabriel Quigley
Simon …... Stuart McQuarrie 
Mother …... Anne Lacey
Sarah / Lydea ...… Isobel McArthur
Kathy ...… Sally Reid
Alan ...… Jordan Young

Dramatised by Christine Entwisle.

Directed by Kirsty Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2020.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Drama: Relationships & Romance

Gill Sims' comic novel about Ellen, a funny, feisty and stressed-out working-mum.

Gill Sims' comic novel about Ellen, a funny, feisty and stressed-out working-mum. Dramatised by Christine Entwisle.

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