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Never Give a Hamster Matches

Alma decides to channel Erin Brockovich to help her mum get out of a legal pickle she has found herself in. Jim encourages Alma to start writing again.

Lin has got herself in quite the legal pickle, so Alma decides to channel Erin Brockovich and get her mum out of trouble. She bags her mum a pro bono solicitor, who seems about as good at law as he is finding a pen on his cluttered desk. After the court hearing, Alma is left questioning everything and unsure what to do next.

She opens up to Jim. Jim tells her to write down all her family stories and all her experiences and use them in her stand up, turning them into art like her mum does. Alma is enthused, and her writing starts to flow. She lands another stand-up gig and asks her agent to invite a BBC producer to see the show- and the rest, as they say, is history.

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Sun 17 Nov 202403:15

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Credits

RoleContributor
AlmaSophie Willan
LinSiobhan Finneran
JimNicholas Asbury
JulesNick Mohammed
LeanneJayde Adams
BillDave Jones
GarethNikhil Parmar
Mrs HawkinsJulie Kinsella
DavidKenneth Collard
Support WorkerPegeen Murphy
JudgeSteve Cooper
WriterSophie Willan
ProducerGill Isles
DirectorAndrew Chaplin
Executive ProducerEmma Lawson
Executive ProducerNerys Evans
Executive ProducerSophie Willan
Production CompanyExpectation North

Broadcasts

  • Mon 11 Nov 202422:00
  • Mon 11 Nov 202423:05
  • Sun 17 Nov 202403:15