Episode 3
Caroline has finally given up on her gifted daughter to concentrate instead on the career of her hapless 13-year-old son Edward, whom she is determined will be prime minister.
Caroline has been thwarted in her attempts at making a Screen Idol out of her daughter, so she turns instead to her very unworldly 13 year old son Edward whom she is convinced has the makings of the next Prime Minister.
In this the 3rd series of 'How Does That Make You Feel?' Martha's clients have made few changes to their circumstances.
Richard Fallon MP (ROGER ALLAM) is still convinced promotion to the front bench is being denied him because of his obese son and an uncaring wife.
Caroline, (REBECCA SAIRE) is also evading a life of unbearable ordinariness by trying to persuade her 13 years old son to prepare to be Prime Minister.
There's Philip who insists he isn't facing a crisis since his demotion from Good Morning Norfolk to a shopping channel. And Howard (TIM McINNERNY) a chef who's finally managed to encourage his 33 year old son to move out only to discover that his real problem lies with his fantasist wife, Helen.
Shelagh Stephenson is the author of 'A Short History of Longing' and 'Wasted', recently heard on Radio 4. She is an Olivier award winner for her play 'The Memory of Water' and won Sony and Writer's Guild awards with her plays 'Darling Peidi' and 'Five Kinds of Silence'.
She wrote 'Enid' (the life of Enid Blyton) for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ4 and 'Shirley' (the Shirley Bassey story) Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ2 and one episode of the mini-series Downtown Abbey. She is currently writing the series 'Exiles' for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ1 and 'Push' a single film for Sky Atlantic.
In 'How Does That Make You Feel?' by Shelagh Stephenson
Martha was played by Marcella Riordan
And Caroline by Rebecca Saire.
The Director was Eoin O'Callaghan.