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2. Bringing Up Lucy

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 becomes obsessed with her sister Selina鈥檚 old movies 鈥 The Vixen, The Vixen 2 and The Vixen 3D. Meanwhile Selina takes Florence鈥檚 daughter Lucy clothes shopping and Lucy interrogates her about her mysterious absent father, Jonathan. The day ends in chaos as Florence unwittingly tells a journalist that she鈥檇 love to make a sex tape.

鈥淭he leads鈥 natural chemistry, plus David Quantick鈥檚 witty script鈥 make for an enjoyable comedy with series potential鈥 The Observer
鈥淚t鈥檚 as slick, dark and funny as one would expect 鈥 but surely this cannot be a one-off? The ending alone leaves us begging for a series鈥 Radio Times
鈥淔rench and Saunders sparkle with a magic that is so rarely heard in new radio comedies that I鈥檇 almost forgotten it was possible鈥 Daily Telegraph

Written by David Quantick
Florence - Dawn French
Selina - Jennifer Saunders
Mrs Ragnarrok 鈥 Rebecca Front
Lucy - Lisa McGrillis
All the men - Alistair McGowan

Producer: Liz Anstee, a CPL production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.

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28 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Fri 15 Apr 2022 11:30
  • Sun 3 Sep 2023 19:15
  • Fri 8 Sep 2023 22:00