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Lollipops and Roses

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Peter Davison stars in a sitcom about a family with a young daughter with Down's syndrome.

A TV documentary crew arrive. Comedy about a family with a young daughter with Down's syndrome. Stars Peter Davison. From 1996.

Daughter Kate launches a campaign to help a lollipop man and family life is disrupted by a well-meaning TV documentary crew.

Six-part comedy series about the Stubbs family - cartoonist Richard, therapist Sarah and their daughters - Kate, aged 16 and three-year-old Amy who has Down's Syndrome. 

Starring Peter Davison and Samantha Bond.

Written by son and father team, Andy and Eric Merriman - inspired by Andy's own four-year-old daughter, Sarah. Eric famously wrote legendary BBC comedy series 'Beyond Our Ken'. 

Richard    ......    Peter Davison 
Sarah    ......    Samantha Bond
Ron Miller    ......    Peter Jones
Kate    ......    Claire Russell
Amy    ......    Sarah Merriman
Emma    ......    Heather Jones
Michael    ......    Stephen Critchlow
Chris    ......    Keith Drinkel

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1996

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Sitcom about a family with a young daughter with Down's syndrome. Stars Peter Davison.

Eric and Andy Merriman's sitcom about a family with a young daughter with Down's syndrome. Stars Peter Davison and Samantha Bond.

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