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The Diet
Beverley’s on a diet. Will her mum Nelly be inspired to join her? Stars Mollie Sugden and Patricia Brake. From 1980.
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.
On radio
Tuesday07:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Broadcasts
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- Wednesday02:00BBC Radio 4 Extra