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Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star as respected novelist Florence and movie star Selina, in a sparkling comedy series about two sisters at war, by Veep writer David Quantick.
Florence Ransom is a literary novelist, known for the Booker Prize winning Pennant Days. Her sister is Selina Mountjoy a movie star and glamorous celebrity. The two sisters have avoided each other for decades, but when Selina returns to Britain to promote her kiss and tell autobiography, Kiss And Tell, the two are forced together once more. As Selinaβs popularity outweighs Florenceβs, with big bucks book deals and TV appearances, Florence vents her jealousy at her daughter Lucy and PA Mrs Ragnarrok. But Selina turns out to be broke and threatens to reveal her sisterβs guilty secret unless Florence lets Selina move in with herβ¦
βThe leadsβ natural chemistry, plus David Quantickβs witty scriptβ¦ make for an enjoyable comedy with series potentialβ The Observer
βItβs as slick, dark and funny as one would expect β but surely this cannot be a one-off? The ending alone leaves us begging for a seriesβ Radio Times
βFrench and Saunders sparkle with a magic that is so rarely heard in new radio comedies that Iβd almost forgotten it was possibleβ Daily Telegraph
Written by David Quantick
Florence - Dawn French
Selina - Jennifer Saunders
Mrs Ragnarrok - Josette Simon
Lucy - Lisa McGrillis
All the men - Alistair McGowan
Producer: Liz Anstee, a CPL production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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- Thu 31 Dec 2020 23:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Fri 1 Apr 2022 11:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4