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Drawing on his own family, the fourth series of Richard Herring鈥檚 popular comedy drama has warm, lively characters and sharply observed family dynamics of inter generational misunderstanding, sibling sparring and the ties that bind.

Amid the comedy, Richard broaches some more serious highs and lows of family life. In this series, set during the first year of lockdown. he draws on his own experience of testicular cancer at that time, as well as the comedic escapades of the four generations of the Snell family. Love, laughter and malapropisms abound.

Richard Herring is a comedian, writer, blogger and podcaster and the world's premier semi-professional self-playing snooker player.

Episode 1
Newly single Jane is dipping her toe into the world of online dating, not always entirely successfully. Pete, despairing at the failure of his marriage, has turned to drink. Margaret is enforcing the two metres social distancing rule with absolutely rigidity, while Ian tries to self diagnose his enlarged testicle.

Cast:
Margaret ..... Alison Steadman
Ken ..... Phil Davis
Jane ..... Fenella Woolgar
Simon ..... Danny Kirrane
Ian ..... Richard Herring
Chloe ..... Emily Berrington
Pete ..... Gordon Kennedy
Holly ..... Tia Bannon
Mark ..... Fred Haig
Nick ..... Harrison Knights
Donny ..... Rafael Solomon

Writer Richard Herring
Director Polly Thomas
Sound Design Eloise Whitmore
Producer Daisy Knight
Executive Producers Jon Thoday and Richard Allen Turner

An Avalon Television production for 麻豆约拍 Radio 4