4. Disaster

Available for 24 days

Gillian lives with her 19-year-old daughter and elderly mother, plus her beloved boxer dog. Life is a constant balancing act, lived in the eye of the storm. Bernice confides in a friend about her worries over how Gillian needs to find a new man. Gillian has a moment of forgetfulness and a trip to the garden centre for plants ends in disaster. Starring Paola Dionisotti. Series based on the original stories by Michele Hanson. Written by Michele Hanson and Sally Warboyes. Gillian ... Paola Dionisotti Bernice ... Edna Doré Chloe ... Luisa Bradshaw-White Boyfriend ... John Rowe Olga ... Frances Jeater Esther ... Ann Beach Garden Centre Assistant ... Brian Parr Herbie ... Geoffrey Whitehead Aggressive Man ... David Antrobus Director: Marilyn Imrie First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.