Drama series In The Club following the lives of six different couples who are attending their local Parent Craft class as they prepare for the imminent arrival of a baby into their lives.
The couples ranged from 40-something Roanna and her toyboy partner Simon to 15 year old Hannah. Meanwhile Vicky (who is also pregnant), Geraldine and Fiona are the midwives who run the classes and put in the real hard yards when baby is due.
This is the kind of stuff Mellor does best – strong characters brought to life by some great acting talent. A second series was commissioned by the BBC for broadcast in 2015 but it eventually aired in mid 2016. Kaye Mellor’s daughter, the actress Gaynor Faye, contributed a script to the second season. She was credited under the name Gaynor Mellor.
production details
UK / BBC-1 – Rollem / 12×60 minute episodes / Broadcast 5 August 2014 – 7 June 2016
Creator: Kay Mellor / Executive Producers: Kay Mellor, Polly Hill / Theme Music: Wonderful World by Rebecca Ferguson / Producer: Yvonne Francas
cast
Hermione Norris as Roanna Wilson
Katherine Parkinson as Kim Hall
Jill Halfpenny as Diane Manning
Christine Bottomley as Vicky
Taj Atwal as Jasmin Sidhwa
Hannah Midgley as Rosie Hutchinson
Luke Thompson as Simon
Will Mellor as Richard “Rick” Manning
Jonathan Kerrigan as Neil
Sacha Dhawan as Dev Sidhwa
Tara Fitzgerald as Susie
Brendan Patricks as Dr Chris Bellingham
Daniel Breeze as Jude
Steven Elder as Dave
Will Tudor as Jack Moorhouse
Lorraine Cheshire as Geraldine
Shobna Gulati as Fiona
Neil Pearson as Jonathan
Victoria Carling as Emma
