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The Lemming Family

Episode 4 of 6

Edith and Phil are dismayed to find themselves portrayed in Wendy鈥檚 prizewinning book, and Roger鈥檚 hopes of becoming a carer look like being revived.

Edith and Phil discover a local bookshop hosting a local author, Wendy Stevens, who is signing her first book, The Lemming Family. Thrilled that Wendy鈥檚 writing ambitions have come to fruition, Edith steers Phil into the shop to congratulates her, but Wendy seems alarmed at the prospect of Phil reading the book. Over a coffee immediately afterwards, Phil is outraged to find out that the characters in the book are thinly disguised portraits of himself and the family.

Roger continues to busk by the riverside with Bob, and is horrified to spot among the crowd a familiar face: Mrs Pool, the woman from social services, with whom Roger had a run-in when he fraudulently applied to be a paid carer for his mother, impersonated by Queenie.

26 minutes

Music Played

  • The Honeycombs

    Have I The Right?

Credits

Role Contributor
Edith Alison Steadman
Phil John Cleese
Dugdale Peter Egan
Roger Jason Watkins
Bob James Cosmo
Sandra Joanna Scanlan
Queenie Anne Reid
Wendy Rosie Cavaliero
Writer Charles McKeown
Producer Moira Williams
Producer Humphrey Barclay
Director Sandy Johnson

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