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Radio 4,15 Jun 2023,28 mins

SeriesSeries 2

Macbeth

Unite

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After Eileen at the caff reads Tony’s tea leaves, he decides to run for the local council. However, he’s also promised Imogen they would join PADS (Putney Amateur Dramatics Society) where a pretentious director wants to stage a radical version of Macbeth. Rebecca suggests that, unless Gideon can get a job, he should be the primary carer for their baby prompting Gideon to offer his services as Tony’s Campaign Communication Director for the upcoming election. Ashley has joined a dating app called Sophistidate as he’s looking for 'a classy girl with good manners and that' but, on his first date at an all-you-can-eat buffet, he’s convinced his date has ulterior motives. A welcome return for the critically-acclaimed sitcom. When Tony (Mark Steel), a working class, left wing South Londoner, falls in love and marries Imogen (Claire Skinner), an upper middle class property developer, their sons - Croydon chancer Ashley (Elliot Steel) and supercilious Eton and Oxford-educated Gideon (Ivo Graham) - are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted. Cast: Tony - Mark Steel Imogen - Claire Skinner Ashley - Elliot Steel Gideon - Ivo Graham Rebecca - Ayesha Antoine Nigel - Simon Greenall Tamsin - Susannah Fielding Eileen - Ruth Bratt Liz - Sally-Anne Hayward Carol - Angela Barnes Piers - Barry Castagnola Delivery driver - Ian Pearce Written by Barry Castagnola and Ian Pearce (additional material from the cast) Executive Producer - Mario Stylianides Producer/Director - Barry Castagnola Sound recordist and Editor - Jerry Peal Broadcast Assistant - Sarah Tombling Assistant Producer - George O'Regan Production Assistant - David Litchfield A Golden Path and Rustle Up production for BBC Radio 4.

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