Minor Adjustment

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Minor Adjustment: Overture and Beginners Please

Overture and Beginners Please

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Minor Adjustment, Overture and Beginners Please

Kate is in possibly the worst school play ever, while Richard casts himself as a therapist

Kate is in possibly the worst school play ever, while Richard casts himself as a therapist in Sarah's absence. Stars Peter Davison. From August 1996.

Kate's in the school play, while Sarah has a problem with a client - and her husband Richard. 

Sitcom 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
Kate …. Claire Russell
Amy …. Sarah Merriman
Pat Humphreys …. Penelope Nice
Annie …. Teresa Gallagher
The Headmaster …. Brian Bowles
Robbie …. Robbie Gill
The Policeman …. Sebastian Brennan

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 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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