Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Midsummer Night's Scream | 20210115 | Life is sweet in rural France for sisters Maureen and Lesley. After escaping the clutches of creepy David they have set up home in Tarn where Lesley has found love with local handyman, Pierre.
But their happiness is curtailed by guilt until, eventually, the stress becomes too much to bear. Maureen insists that they return to England to deal with their mother's empty house and dispose of David's body.
A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4
Guilt drives Maureen and Lesley back from a French hideaway to dispose of David's body. Alison Steadman and Morwenna Banks star as sisters coming to terms with life after parents | |
| Clutter | 20191025 | 20191018 (R4) | Not long after their mother's death, two sisters - Maureen and Lesley - are packing up their mothers' clothes to take to the charity shop.
It's a painful duty, with Maureen trying to control the worst of Lesley's projectile lamenting. A man comes to the door and introduces himself as David Johnson, a friend of Maureen's neighbour, who would like to view the house if they're thinking of selling, which Maureen definitely is.
But Lesley is dead set against the idea and, behind Maureen's back, offers David their mother's old bedroom as a pied-a-terre. Maureen is annoyed by Lesley's initiative, but David is oblivious to the tension he has caused.
Cast:
Written by Sue Limb
A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4
Not long after their mother's death, two sisters are packing up the family home. Alison Steadman and Morwenna Banks star as sisters coming to terms with life after parents |
| Dial M for Maureen | 20210129 | Lesley and Maureen turn detective. While Lesley follows David to meet his publisher in London, Maureen stays behind to search the house for the incriminating manuscript.
But David takes a detour, misses his train, lets himself in to three strange houses and returns to their house while Maureen is still inside. Now Maureen is trapped and David is building something sinister in the cellar.
A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4
David's clandestine DIY work in the cellar raises Maureen's and Lesley's suspicions. Alison Steadman and Morwenna Banks star as sisters coming to terms with life after parents | |
| Escape | 20191025 | The sisters are sorting out their mother's books and speculating about their parents' love life. Maureen suggests the sisters should buy a house in France and spend their last years together, tending the vines.
Then David turns up and interrupts the dream.
He tells Maureen that her careless parking has boxed in her neighbour and, when she goes outside to move her car, she discovers that her battery's flat. David rescues her with his jump leads and then advises her to drive around for a bit to recharge the battery - giving him time alone with Lesley.
How best to fill the time? A s退ance.
Cast:
Written by Sue Limb
A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4
While sorting out their mother's books, Maureen suggests buying a house in France. Alison Steadman and Morwenna Banks star as sisters coming to terms with life after parents | |
| Hairy Moments | 20191108 | Lesley and Maureen, stripping Mum's bed, find a hair - which leads to Lesley's confession about the circumstances surrounding their mother's death.
Her guilt about it has caused her agoraphobia. She can't leave the house, because she feels that people will know what she's done.
David arrives and Maureen tries hard not to let him in, but he forces his way into the hall to explain who he really is. By revealing his true identity he thinks that the sisters' antipathy will be allayed.
Cast:
Written by Sue Limb
A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4
David's secret is finally revealed to Maureen and Lesley. Alison Steadman and Morwenna Banks star as sisters coming to terms with life after parents | |
| Killing David | 20210205 | Having discovered Lesley's diary in David's possession, the sisters, Maureen and Lesley, are more convinced than ever that David is planning to kill them and steal their house.
Just like he's done, they surmise, with the other three houses he owns.
They arm themselves and attempt to lure David to the house for a final showdown, but the confrontation is interrupted by the sound of a doorbell. Outside is an old woman who comes bearing the truth.
A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4
Maureen and Lesley lure David to the house for a final showdown. Alison Steadman and Morwenna Banks star as sisters coming to terms with life after parents | |
| See Me Afterwards | 20210122 | Guilt drives sisters Maureen and Lesley to return from an idyllic life in rural France to dispose of the body left in the cellar of their mother's empty house. But David's body has gone and there is no trace of it ever having been there.
Has David been found by the police?
A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4
David's dead body has vanished from the cellar where Maureen and Lesley left it. Alison Steadman and Morwenna Banks star as sisters coming to terms with life after parents | |
| Voices | 20191101 | The sisters are getting to grips with clearing their father's radio ham equipment, but Lesley switches it on and, out of the static, a voice is heard saying, I wouldn't trust that feller as far as I could throw him!' - one of Dad's catch phrases.
En passant, Lesley confesses that Maureen's ex-husband Ed once tried it on with her.
David arrives and Maureen tries to get rid of him by inventing an old friend who is going to buy the house. David moves the goalposts by saying that he has found alternative accommodation anyway. But does this get him out of their hair? No.
Now the sisters unite in trying to find out exactly who this David Johnson is.
Cast:
Written by Sue Limb
A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4
Hearing a random voice over their father's radio ham equipment upsets Lesley. Alison Steadman and Morwenna Banks star as sisters coming to terms with life after parents |