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Just Grand

4 Extra Debut. Can working class Sandra and Frank deal with being guardians to over-privileged grandchildren? Stars Siobhan Finneran. From 2017.

Sandra and Frank are a working class Northern couple who dream of escaping Manchester for a new life in Fuengirola.

Their dream is scuppered when the couple become unwilling guardians to their estranged grandchildren - a pair of over-privileged and bewildered siblings from the Home Counties.

Family sitcom about a clash of generations and cultures.

Written by BAFTA-award-winning writers Phil Mealey (The Royle Family, Early Doors) and Daniel Peak (Not Going Out).

Starring Siobhan Finneran (Benidorm, Happy Valley, Downton Abbey) and Jason Watkins (W1A, Trollied) and Denise Welch (Coronation Street).

Written by Phil Mealey and Daniel Peak.

Sandra …… Siobhan Finneran
Frank …… Jason Watkins
Gloria …… Denise Welch
Marcus …… Ben Greaves-Neal
Thommo …… Phil Mealey
Padma …… Chetna Pandya
Poppy …… Kate Sale
Ollie …… Toby Ungelson

Producer: Julia McKenzie

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 2, first broadcast in March 2017.

27 minutes

Last on

Tue 19 Dec 202302:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Wed 15 Mar 201722:30
    BBC Radio 2
  • Mon 18 Dec 202307:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 18 Dec 202312:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 18 Dec 202317:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 19 Dec 202302:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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