4. Contractions

Following a falling-out with Vera, Irene's off to Australia to see her pregnant daughter.

Starring Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.

Vera Small and Irene Spencer continue to conduct their long friendship through a candid and not uncritical email correspondence.

Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman.

Vera …. Patricia Routledge
Irene …. Prunella Scales
Karen …. Julia Ford

Director: Paul Miller

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000.