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Angus Deayton stars in a sitcom about single, middle-aged neighbours in a converted house.

Sitcom about five single, middle-aged neighbours living in flats in a converted house. Written by Moray Hunter and starring Angus Deayton.

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Alone: Series 3: Undercover Hamster

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Undercover Hamster

BBC Radio 4 - Alone, Series 3, Undercover Hamster

Can smitten Morris impress a new woman with his love of hamsters? Stars Angus Deayton.

While Morris secures a date with a pet shop assistant, after impressing with his love of hamsters, Ellie needs someone, anyone, to talk to her school assembly. Stars Angus Deayton.

A sitcom about five single, middle aged neighbours living in flats in a converted house in North London .- written by Moray Hunter and starring Angus Deayton, Abigail Cruttenden, Pearce Quigley, Kate Isitt and Bennett Arron,

Mitch (Angus Deayton) is a widower and part-time therapist who is looking to put his life back together now that he is single and living with Will (Pearce Quigley), his younger, more volatile and unhappily divorced half-brother. Elsewhere in the building are schoolteacher Ellie (Abigail Cruttenden) who is shy, nervous and holds a secret candle for Mitch. Overly honest, frustrated actress Louisa (Kate Isitt), and socially inept IT nerd Morris (Bennett Arron) complete the line-up of mis-matched neighbours.

In the third episode, Undercover Hamster, Morris secures a date with Nina (Jocelyn Jee Esien), a woman who works in a local pet shop, after impressing her with his love of hamsters. Not that he has one. Ellie meanwhile needs someone, preferably Mitch but anyone will do, to talk to her school assembly. 

Cast:
Angus Deayton- Mitch
Abigail Cruttenden- Ellie
Pearce Quigley- Will
Kate Isitt- Louisa
Bennett Arron- Morris
Nina- Jocelyn Jee Esien

Created and Written by Moray Hunter
Script Edited by Ian Brown and James Hendrie
Directed by Moray Hunter and Gordon Kennedy
Recorded and Edited by Jerry Peal
Production Manager: Sarah Tombling
Based on an original idea developed in association with Dandy Productions
Recorded at The Soundhouse Studios
Produced by Gordon Kennedy

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