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Sitcom by Jack Docherty about three marriages in various states of disrepair.

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John Sparkes

Jack Docherty

Kerry Godliman

John Thomson

Fiona Allen

Charlie Higson

Laura Aikman

Claire Jones

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4. Cathy's Dad

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Hit comedy about 3 marriages in various states of disrepair.  All-star cast.

Cathy wants her Dad to leave his nursing home and live with them. So Barney starts plotting. Stars John Sparkes. From 2016.

Cathy's Dad is in a nursing home but Cathy wants him to come and live with them, especially since he's just developed a condition where the wrong words come out all the time.  

Barney is not keen but then realises he can use looking after Cathy's Dad to make him seem more caring and, as it turns out, more attractive to Alice.

Meanwhile David gives his daughter a big role in the school play.  And Evan finds there are some plusses to Fiona losing her voice after a throat operation.  

But will Cathy's Dad ever be able to tell Barney what he thinks of him?

Jack Docherty's sitcom about three marriages in various states of disrepair.

Starring:

Couple 1:

Barney ...... Jack Docherty
Cathy ...... Kerry Godliman

Couple 2:

Evan ...... John Thomson
Fiona ...... Fiona Allen

Couple 3:

David ...... Charlie Higson
Alice ...... Laura Aikman

Cathy's Dad    ......    John Sparkes

Producer: Claire Jones

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2016.

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