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Radio 4 Extra,18 May 1980,28 mins

The Diet

Oh Mother!

Available for 29 days

Beverley is dieting. Will her mum Nelly be inspired to join her? Starring Mollie Sugden and Patricia Brake. Christopher Sykes' sitcom about a 38-year-old woman still living at home with her mum in Purley, in the Surrey commuter-belt for London. Nelly …. Mollie Sugden Beverley …. Patricia Brake Mr Spencer …. Frank Thornton Hugh Bailey King …. David Lodge Producer: Martin Fisher First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1980. **** Sadly not all episodes have survived in the BBC archive.

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