Barbara Nice

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Sitcom about a couple with different ideas on how to spend the golden age of retirement.

Barbara Nice: Series 1: The Scare

The Scare

Series 1

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Stockport housewife extraordinaire Barbara Nice takes charge of her husband's health

Barbara insists Ken goes to the doctors and is horrified when they take more interest in her. Stars Janice Connolly. From 2017.

Barbara is convinced that Ken needs a health check up and is horrified to discover she is the one the doctors are interested in. 

She suspects the worst and is determined to fulfill some lifetime ambitions recruiting Mary and Ken into her misguided plans.

Janice Connolly from 'Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights' stars in this warm-hearted sitcom about married couple, Barbara and Ken.

Series follows on from the successful pilot written by Janice Connolly and Steve Turner. 

Barbara Nice    ......    Janice Connolly
Ken Nice    ......    John Henshaw
Mary    ......    Angela Curran
Doctor    ......    Ameet Chana
Consultant    ......    Josephine Enright 
Receptionist    ......    Toby Tilling 

Producer: Rebecca Papworth

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 2, first broadcast in March 2017.

Barbara Nice: Series 1

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Sitcom about a couple with very different ideas on how to spend their retirement.

Sitcom about a couple with very different ideas on how to spend the golden age of retirement.

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