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The Dinner Party
Episode 4 of 8
Sarah plays hostess, mother plays the martyr and daughter Clare holds a flat-warming party. Stars Prunella Scales. From 1985.
Sarah plays hostess, Mother plays the martyr and daughter Clare holds a flat-warming party.
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women.
Struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband, the trio never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Sarah 鈥�. Prunella Scales
Eleanor 鈥�. Joan Sanderson
Russell 鈥�. Benjamin Whitrow
Clare 鈥�. Gerry Cowper
Leo Dolan 鈥�. Richard Davies
Gwen 鈥�. Ellen McIntosh
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to 麻豆社 TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in May 1985.
Last on
Thu 16 Apr 2026
02:00
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