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10x15 minute episodes / 2006 Monday 8 May -
An anthology series of dramas for BBC Daytime. The writers of the
15-minute dramas had their scripts developed with well-known mentors
including Willy Russell;Tony Jordan; Russell T Davies;William Ivory; and
Andrew Davies. The casts included Ralf Little, Keith Barron, Frances
Barber and Imogen Stubbs.
EPISODE GUIDE
1. CAKE (Broadcast Monday 8 May @ 2.35pm)
Writer: Helen Raynor
Julie is a single mother
and a checkout girl with a completely undedicated boyfriend. She’s
fast approaching her 30th birthday and finds a tape of her 16-year-old
self dreaming up great plans for love and life.What will it take to put
her life back on track?
cast
Mali Harries as Julie / Andrew Dunn as Mark
2. ALL IN A DAYS WORK
(Broadcast Tuesday 9 May @ 2.35pm)
Writer: Chris Buxton
Dorothy has spent six
months trying to help Steve get over a girlfriend who left him.When he
loses his job, however, he becomes unbearable. Just when it seems things
can’t get any worse, Dorothy insists on taking Steve shopping for a
new love.
cast
Gerald Kyd as Steve / Camilla Power as Dorothy
3. LIFE'S LIKE THAT
(Broadcast Wednesday 10 May @ 2.35pm)
Writer: Ishy Din
When Edith Knight comes
into some money, she confides in her neighbour Margaret, but it doesn’t
take long for her nephew, Walter, and his greedy wife Jackie and son
Horace, to begin circling. Edith, however, isn’t quite as guileless as
she appears and has the last laugh.
Margery Mason as Edith
Knight / Mona Bruce as Margaret / Malcolm Scates as Walter Knight /
Frances Barber as Jackie / Jake Seague as Horace
4. LOST AND FOUND
(Broadcast Thursday 11 May @ 2.35pm)
Writer: Dominique Moloney
A story of three women
dealing with loss at different times of life.Through an uncanny sequence
of events their lives briefly collide and they are surprised to discover
that good can come from loss.
Amanda Root as June /
Charles Daish as Tim / Doreen Mantle as Frances / James Aubrey as Harry
/ Carolyn Pickles as Sue / Christian Coulson as Adam
5. HOT OR NOT
(Broadcast Friday 12 May @ 2.35pm)
Writer: Ben Schiffer
Fifteen-year-old David and
his friend Teddy learn that relationships are more complicated than
computers, and even though he doesn’t feature in beautiful Danielle’s
plans, all is not totally lost for David.
Rory Jennings as David
Adler / Saskia Wickham as Jane / Alex Kew as Teddy Browflowski.
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