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3. Pressure

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The pressure of balancing a full-time job, parenting and the PTA seems almost impossible to Ellen. Starring Gabriel Quigley.

The pressure of balancing a full-time job, parenting and the PTA seems almost impossible to Ellen.

When will she realise that the best thing to do when you’re in a hole is to stop digging?

Gill Sims’ second comic novel about Ellen, a funny, feisty and stressed-out working-mum.

Dramatised by Christine Entwisle.

Ellen ...… Gabriel Quigley
Simon / Gary …... Stuart McQuarrie
Kathy …... Sally Reid
Alan / Coach …... Jordan Young
Lydea ...… Isobel McArthur

Director: Kirsty Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2020.

14 minutes

Last on

Thu 25 Jul 202403:45
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