Man at the Helm

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Eloise Webb

Fern Deacon

Ben Barker

Amanda Hale

Nick Underwood

Elizabeth Bennett

Sam Rix

Gemma Jenkins

Nina Stibbe

Amanda Whittington

Man at the Helm: Episode 4

Episode 4

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Nina Stibbe’s comic novel. Elizabeth gets a job and has a run-in with her new boss.

Elizabeth has to get a job and she is soon having run-ins with her new boss. Starring Amanda Hale and Andy Nyman. From 2016.

In dire financial straits, Elizabeth has to get a job and she is soon having run-ins with her new boss. 

Nina Stibbe’s comic novel set in 1970s rural Leicestershire.

Adapted by Amanda Whittington.

Lizzie ….. Eloise Webb
Amy….. Fern Deacon
Little Jack ….. Ben Barker
Elizabeth ….. Amanda Hale
Mr Holt ….. Nick Underwood
Tannoy ….. Elizabeth Bennett
Deano/Newsreader ….. Sam Rix

Director: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2016.

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Comedy following the madcap schemes of three children to find their mum a new man.

Amanda Whittington's adaptation of Nina Stibbe's comic novel set in 1970s Leicestershire about the madcap schemes of three kids to find their recently divorced mum a new man.

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