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Ben Lewis - House Rules

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By Ben Lewis. Witty drama capturing a family's weekly truth and reconciliation meetings.

Ben Lewis's witty real-time drama set around a kitchen table at the weekly meetings of an argumentative yet lovable blended family.

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Rosie Cavaliero

Cleo Demetriou

Deborah Findlay

Jonathan Forbes

Elliot Speller-Gillott

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Kirsty Williams

Ben Lewis - House Rules: Series 1: Episode 4

Episode 4

Series 1

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Witty drama capturing a family's weekly truth and reconciliation meetings. By Ben Lewis.

With the family facing money problems, all eyes turn to stay-at-home-dad, Sean. Stars Jonathan Forbes.

Will the family pull together enough cash to dig them out of their financial hole? 

All eyes turn to stay-at-home-dad, Sean, to see whether he can re-join the world of work. 

A funny real-time drama set around a kitchen table at the weekly meetings of a 21st century family who are not even managing to 'just about manage'.

Amelia is 14. She's been through a divorce before. She really doesn't want to go through it again. But her blended family is threatening to unblend. So she draws on her experience as assistant chairperson of the Key Stage 3 debating society and initiates weekly family meetings for truth, reconciliation, grievance airing and the seeking of practical solutions.
 
Nicole ... Rosie Cavaliero
Amelia ... Cleo Demetriou 
Jan ... Deborah Findlay
Sean... Jonathan Forbes
Callum ... Elliot Speller-Gillott

Director:  Kirsty Williams  

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018.

Ben Lewis - House Rules: Series 1

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