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Unexpectedly, Philip has had the wisdom to dump the 'foetal' girlfriend Carmen, but now he is attempting reconciliation with the not very reconcilable Rose.

Unexpectedly, Philip drags his ex-wife Rose along to his session with Martha. Having sensibly jettisoned his 'foetal' girlfriend, Carmen he is now attempting a reconciliation with the frankly irreconcilable Rose.

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
Rose by Shelagh Stephenson
And Philip by Tim McInnerny.

The Director was Eoin O'Callaghan.

15 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Philip Tim McInnerny
Writer Shelagh Stephenson
Director Eoin O'Callaghan

Broadcasts

  • Thu 26 Jul 2012 10:45
  • Thu 26 Jul 2012 19:45

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