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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 - with another chance to hear the first programme, before the new episodes are broadcast from next week.

Florence Ransom (Dawn French) is a literary novelist, known for the Booker Prize winning Pennant Days. Her sister is Selina Mountjoy (Jennifer Saunders), a movie star and glamorous celebrity. The two sisters have avoided each other for decades, but when Selina returns to Britain to promote her kiss and tell autobiography, the two are forced together once more. As Selina鈥檚 popularity outweighs Florence鈥檚, with big bucks book deals and TV appearances, Florence vents her jealousy at her daughter Lucy and PA Mrs Ragnarrok. But Selina turns out to be broke and threatens to reveal her sister鈥檚 guilty secret unless Florence lets Selina move in with her鈥�

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

Cast:
Florence - Dawn French
Selina - Jennifer Saunders
Mrs Ragnarrok - Josette Simon
Lucy - Lisa McGrillis
All the men - Alistair McGowan

Written by David Quantick
Producer: Liz Anstee,

A CPL production for 麻豆社 Radio 4