Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20090413 | Debora Weston reads Betty MacDonald's comic novel about life as a single mother in America during the Great Depression. Mary is certain that anybody can do anything, especially her sister Betty, who leaves her husband and his chicken ranch and returns to the bosom of her warm and noisy family in Seattle. Betty leaves her husband and returns to her warm and noisy family in Seattle. |
| 02 | 20090414 | Mary gets Betty a job as a shorthand typist. |
| 03 | 20090415 | Mary sets up a string of disastrous dates for Betty. |
| 04 | 20090416 | Mary has a hard time lining up interviews for Betty. |
| 05 | 20090417 | Betty gets work as a photographic tinter and a fur coat model-cum-book-keeper. |
| 06 | 20090420 | During the worst of the Depression, Betty and her sisters must find cheap ways to have fun |
| 07 | 20090421 | Betty struggles with the loan company when she cannot keep up her payments. |
| 08 | 20090422 | Mary gets Mother a job as a radio dramatist and Betty has to work with the sinister Dorita |
| 09 | 20090423 | Betty resolves never to go to another office party. |
| 10 | 20090424 | Mary tells a publisher about Betty's wonderful new book, which is news to Betty, too. |