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The Boyfriend
4 Extra Debut. Still living at home, Beverley invites nerdy Rupert to lunch. Will her mum Nelly approve? Stars Mollie Sugden and Patricia Brake. From 1980.
Beverley invites nerdy Rupert over for lunch.
She's never left home - so will her her mum, Nelly, approve?
Starring Mollie Sugden and Patricia Brake.
Christopher Sykes' sitcom about a 38 year old woman still living at home with her mum in Purley, in the Surrey commuter-belt for London.
Nelly …. Mollie Sugden
Beverley …. Patricia Brake
Rupert …. Ian Lavender
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on Âé¶¹Éç Radio 2 in April 1980.
**** Sadly not all episodes have survived in the Âé¶¹Éç archive.
Last on
Wed 21 Jan 2026
02:00
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