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Why Mummy Drinks (Omnibus)

Gill Sims’ funny, frank and feisty novel about a stressed-out working-mum. Stars Gabriel Quigley as Ellen.

Ellen is a stressed-out working-mum. She's got high hopes of having a perfect life, but the gulf between her aspiration and her reality is an ever-widening chasm of chaos.

But this is the year that everything will change...for sure.

Gill Sims’ funny, frank and feisty novel.

Omnibus of five parts dramatised by Christine Entwisle.

Ellen … Gabriel Quigley
Simon … Stuart McQuarrie
Louisa … Maryam Hamidi
Sylvia … Joanna Tope
Michael … Crawford Logan
Kathy … Sally Reid

Director: Kirsty Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Mon 8 May 202301:50
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Sat 29 Jun 201913:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 30 Jun 201901:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 7 May 202307:50
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 7 May 202312:50
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 7 May 202318:50
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 8 May 202301:50
    BBC Radio 4 Extra