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3. Getting Afloat

Episode 3 of 4

Day 10 sees Laura and Ros invited aboard a narrow boat, but all does not go as they expected. Stars Felicity Montagu. From 2016.

On day 10 of the walk, they spot a narrow boat that reminds Laura of the Rosie and Jim boat she remembers from the children's TV show.

But when the owner invites them aboard, it doesn't all go quite as they might have expected.

Comedy drama written by Katherine Jakeways.

Starring Felicity Montagu and Olivia Nixon.

A mother and daughter are undertaking a two week sponsored walk along The Thames Path to raise money for the dead father's charity.

But the mother and father divorced nine years ago and he'd re-married, so relationships between them all have been strained.

Things come to a head at any mention of the French Oak gable table that Ros and her now dead ex bought together in Camden. This has somehow ended up in the stepmother's house, much to Ros's annoyance: "I mean she sits at it! It's my table and she sits at it."

Ros ...... Felicity Montagu
Laura ...... Olivia Nixon
Stepmother ...... Katherine Jakeways
Boat Owner ...... Juliet Cowan

Producer: Jane Berthoud

A BBC Comedy production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2016.

6 months left to listen

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 12 Sep 202503:00

Credits

RoleContributor
RosFelicity Montagu
LauraOlivia Nixon
ActorJuliet Cowan
ProducerJane Berthoud
WriterKatherine Jakeways
WriterFelicity Montagu
WriterOlivia Nixon

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