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Irene is livid when she hears about Vera's planned MI6 assignment with her son. Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.

Irene鈥檚 kept on the move by her island-hopping employees so can鈥檛 prevent Lesley sending Christopher, Irene's treasured only son, out to Moscow to bring back Vera.

When Vera explains that she and Christopher are to go on a dangerous mission for MI6, Irene takes the desperate steps of appealing to Nellie Thoroughgood, Chris's adoptive mother, for help

Starring Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.

The up and down relationship of two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence.

Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Havman.

Irene ...... Prunella Scales
Vera ...... Patricia Routledge
Nellie Thoroughgood ...... Susan Jameson

Producer: Claudine Toutoungi

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in January 2006.

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