Unite

When Tony (Mark Steel), a working-class, left wing South Londoner, falls in love and moves in with Imogen (Claire Skinner), an upper middle-class property developer, their respective millennial sons Ashley (Elliot Steel), a disenfranchised Croydon 'rude boy', and Gideon (Ivo Graham), Eton and Oxbridge-educated and crypto-currency literate, are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted.

Class, compromise, hope, desolation, love, identity, step-sibling rivalry and Crystal Palace FC are all explored in this fresh comedy.

Characters of the show Unite! You have nothing to lose but your prejudices, formed over a lifetime of living within the British class system.

Also starring:

Susannah Fielding (This Time with Alan Partridge)

Annette Badland (Man Down)

Simon Greenall (I'm Alan Partridge)

Naz Osmanoglu (Horrible Histories)

Written by Barry Castagnola, Ivo Graham, Elliot Steel and Mark Steel

Producer/Director: Barry Castagnola

Executive Producer: Mario Stylianides

A Golden Path production for BBC Radio 4

New sitcom starring Claire Skinner (Outnumbered), Mark Steel, Elliot Steel and Ivo Graham.

New sitcom starring Claire Skinner, Mark Steel, Elliot Steel and Ivo Graham.

When Tony (Mark Steel), a working class, left-wing South Londoner, falls in love and moves in with Imogen (Claire Skinner), an upper middle class property developer, their sons - disenfranchised Croydon rude boy Ashley (Elliot Steel) and Oxbridge-educated crypto currency king Gideon (Ivo Graham) - are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted.

In this episode, Ashley starts a job on a building site, Gideon becomes an activist, Imogen is closing in on a big deal, and Tony, desperate for a story to appease his publisher, decides to investigate a new housing development with possible links to Russian money.

Cast:

Rebecca - Ayesha Antoine

Mr Kropotkin/Mick - Simon Greenall

Christian/Derrick - Kevin Eldon

Eileen - Ruth Bratt

Alex - Susannah Fielding

Matthew - Milo McCabe

Shay - Barry Castagnola

Written by Barry Castagnola, Elliot Steel and Mark Steel (additional material from the cast and Sian Harries)

Executive Producer Marios Stylianides

Producer/Director Barry Castagnola

Sound Recordist and Editor Jerry Peal

Broadcast Assistant Sarah Tombling

Production Co-ordinator George O'Regan

A Golden Path and Rustle Up production for BBC Radio 4

After lying to his publisher, Tony investigates a corrupt housing deal.

New sitcom starring Claire Skinner, Mark Steel, Elliot Steel and Ivo Graham.

When Tony (Mark Steel), a working class, left wing South Londoner, falls in love and moves in with Imogen (Claire Skinner), an upper middle class property developer, their sons - disenfranchised Croydon rude boy Ashley (Elliot Steel) and Eton and Oxbridge-educated Gideon (Ivo Graham) - are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted.

In this episode, Tony takes Imogen away for a romantic weekend. Gideon and Ashley take the opportunity to have a party at the house, but Gideon's pet Bearded Dragon suddenly falls ill.

Rebecca - Ayesha Antoine

Nigel/Dutch waiter - Simon Greenall

Tamsin - Susannah Fielding

Sarah - Ruth Bratt

Terry the vet - Kevin Eldon

Kevin/Cab driver - Kae Kurd

Marcus/ Protester - Michael Odewale

Stefan/ Rose seller - Naz Osmanoglu

Gabriel - Milo McCabe

Written by Barry Castagnola, Elliot Steel and Mark Steel

(additional material from the cast and Sian Harries)

Executive Producer Mario Stylianides

Producer/Director Barry Castagnola

Sound recordist and Editor Jerry Peal

Broadcast Assistant Sarah Tombling

Production Co-ordinator George O'Regan

Golden Path and Rustle Up production for BBC Radio 4

Tony organises a weekend away to propose to Imogen, leaving the boys home alone.

New sitcom starring Claire Skinner, Mark Steel, Elliot Steel and Ivo Graham.

When Tony (Mark Steel), a working class, left wing South Londoner, falls in love and moves in with Imogen (Claire Skinner), an upper middle class property developer, their sons - disenfranchised Croydon rude boy Ashley (Elliot Steel) and Eton and Oxbridge-educated Gideon (Ivo Graham) - are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted.

In this episode, Ashley starts a new job promoting a local fried chicken restaurant, and after inadvertently stopping a jewellery heist, he becomes a national hero. Meanwhile, Gideon and Rebecca open up a vegan pop up cafe, Imogen holds a Jiu Jitsu class and Tony catches up with one of his old comrades from The Revolutionary Party for Working Workers (Marxist-Leninist)

Rebecca - Ayesha Antoine

Stefan - Naz Osmanoglu

Cas - Jamali Maddix

Len - Dave Johns

Jeremy Vine - Marcus Brigstocke

News Reader - Olivia Lichtenstein

Labour MP - Barry Castagnola

Eileen/Dorothy - Ruth Bratt

Jacob - Stefano Paolini

Young Boy - James Potter

Rachel - Nessa Eriksson

Written by Barry Castagnola, Elliot Steel and Mark Steel

(additional material from the cast and Sian Harries)

Executive Producer Mario Stylianides

Producer/Director Barry Castagnola

Sound recordist and Editor Jerry Peal

Broadcast Assistant Sarah Tombling

Production Co-ordinator George O'Regan

Golden Path and Rustle Up production for BBC Radio 4

Ashley thwarts a robbery dressed as a chicken and becomes an internet sensation.

New sitcom starring Claire Skinner, Mark Steel, Elliot Steel and Ivo Graham.

When Tony (Mark Steel), a working class, left-wing South Londoner, falls in love and moves in with Imogen (Claire Skinner), an upper middle class property developer, their sons - disenfranchised Croydon rude boy Ashley (Elliot Steel) and Oxbridge-educated crypto currency king Gideon (Ivo Graham) - are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted.

In this episode, on the day before Tony and Imogen's wedding, Gideon is adding the finishing touches to his 'masterpiece' of a speech (four months in the making), Ashley needs to try and complete his driving test before the ceremony, Tony is struggling to pay an overdue car fine and Imogen's mum takes her to a spa hotel to relax, but instead tries to convince her she's marrying the wrong man.

Cast:

Rebecca - Ayesha Antoine

Geraldine - Isla Blair

Nigel/Automated phone - Simon Greenall

Tamsin - Susannah Fielding

Customer Services operator- Ruth Bratt

Car clamper/ Registrar - Marcus Brigstocke

Hotel Manager - Simon Humphreys

Driving Examiner/ MC/ Policeman - Stefano Paolini

Young wedding guest - Nessa Eriksson

Written by - Barry Castagnola, Elliot Steel and Mark Steel (additional material from the cast)

Executive Producer - Marios Stylianides

Producer/Director - Barry Castagnola

Sound Recordist and Editor - Jerry Peal

Production Co-ordinator - George O'Regan

Runner - James Potter

A Golden Path/ Rustle Up production for BBC Radio 4

Plans are going smoothly until Imogen is arrested on the eve of her wedding.

New sitcom starring Claire Skinner, Mark Steel, Elliot Steel and Ivo Graham.

Ashley embarks on an unlikely academic career by joining a gender politics class. Being the only man in the group, he seizes the opportunity to practise his male gaze. This leads to a date with the course leader Lotte. At a restaurant and completely out of his depth her husband Peter turns up.

A welcome return for the hugely popular and critically-acclaimed sitcom starring Radio 4 favourite Mark Steel (Mark Steel's in Town, The News Quiz), Claire Skinner (Outnumbered), Elliot Steel and Ivo Graham.

When Tony (Mark Steel), a working class, left wing South Londoner, falls in love and marries Imogen (Claire Skinner), an upper middle class property developer, their sons - Croydon chancer Ashley (Elliot Steel) and supercilious Eton and Oxford-educated Gideon (Ivo Graham) - are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted.

Cast:

Rebecca - Ayesha Antoine

Lotte/Mary - Zoe Lyons

Dr Anderson - Alan Francis

Julie/ Kiera/ Mother - Jenny Bede

Peter - Ian Pearce

Receptionist - Olivia Lichtenstein

Written by Barry Castagnola, Ian Pearce and Elliot Steel

(additional material from the cast)

Executive Producer- Mario Stylianides

Producer/Director- Barry Castagnola

Sound recordist and Editor- Jerry Peal

Broadcast Assistant - Sarah Tombling

Assistant Producer - George O'Regan

Production Assistant - David Litchfield

A Golden Path and Rustle Up production for BBC Radio 4

Rebecca has life-changing news for Gideon and Tony thinks he's dying

New sitcom starring Claire Skinner, Mark Steel, Elliot Steel and Ivo Graham.

Sitcom starring Mark Steel and Clare Skinner. Ashley is way out of his depth on his gender politics course, and Tony finds it impossible to get a GP's appointment.

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Imogen is keen to do her bit in this cost of living crisis by launching her 'You Can Tin Can' workshop at the local community centre, but the three attendees need some convincing about the benefits of cooking using only tinned food.

Tony dreams of becoming a published author with his biography of a pioneering distant relative but should he be so smug that he wrote it without consulting the internet?

A welcome return for the hugely popular and critically-acclaimed sitcom starring Radio 4 favourite Mark Steel (Mark Steel's in Town, The News Quiz), Claire Skinner (Outnumbered), Elliot Steel and Ivo Graham.

When Tony (Mark Steel), a working class, left wing South Londoner, falls in love and marries Imogen (Claire Skinner), an upper middle class property developer, their sons - Croydon chancer Ashley (Elliot Steel) and supercilious Eton and Oxford-educated Gideon (Ivo Graham) - are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted.

Cast:

Rebecca - Ayesha Antoine

Don - Curtis Walker

Joyce - Llewella Gideon

Spud - Andy Linden

Nancy - Lily Hardy

Steve - Dave Litchfield

Written by Barry Castagnola, Ian Pearce and Elliot Steel

(additional material from the cast)

Executive Producer- Mario Stylianides

Producer/Director- Barry Castagnola

Sound recordist and Editor- Jerry Peal

Broadcast Assistant - Sarah Tombling

Assistant Producer - George O'Regan

Production Assistant - David Litchfield

A Golden Path and Rustle Up production for BBC Radio 4

Desperate for a mortgage, Gideon places his faith in a football hooligan called Spud.

New sitcom starring Claire Skinner, Mark Steel, Elliot Steel and Ivo Graham.

Imogen launches a disastrous cooking class at the community centre, Tony dreams of becoming an author and Gideon sees opportunities when he is befriended by a football hooligan.

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After Eileen at the caff reads Tony's tea leaves, he decides to run for the local council. However, he's also promised Imogen they would join PADS (Putney Amateur Dramatics Society) where a pretentious director wants to stage a radical version of Macbeth.

Rebecca suggests that, unless Gideon can get a job, he should be the primary carer for their baby prompting Gideon to offer his services as Tony's Campaign Communication Director for the upcoming election.

Ashley has joined a dating app called Sophistidate as he's looking for 'a classy girl with good manners and that' but, on his first date at an all-you-can-eat buffet, he's convinced his date has ulterior motives.

A welcome return for the critically-acclaimed sitcom.

When Tony (Mark Steel), a working class, left wing South Londoner, falls in love and marries Imogen (Claire Skinner), an upper middle class property developer, their sons - Croydon chancer Ashley (Elliot Steel) and supercilious Eton and Oxford-educated Gideon (Ivo Graham) - are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted.

Cast:

Rebecca - Ayesha Antoine

Nigel - Simon Greenall

Tamsin - Susannah Fielding

Eileen - Ruth Bratt

Liz - Sally-Anne Hayward

Carol - Angela Barnes

Piers - Barry Castagnola

Delivery driver - Ian Pearce

Written by Barry Castagnola and Ian Pearce

(additional material from the cast)

Executive Producer - Mario Stylianides

Producer/Director - Barry Castagnola

Sound recordist and Editor - Jerry Peal

Broadcast Assistant - Sarah Tombling

Assistant Producer - George O'Regan

Production Assistant - David Litchfield

A Golden Path and Rustle Up production for BBC Radio 4.

Tony's campaign to become a councillor runs into problems after he joins an am dram group.

New sitcom starring Claire Skinner, Mark Steel, Elliot Steel and Ivo Graham.

Life imitates art as Tony and Imogen join a local amateur dramatics group after Tony decides he wants to run for local councillor. Gideon senses a career opportunity.

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Imogen finds neighbour Tamsin banging on about her volunteering at the local school so irritating that she rashly announces that they have decided to take in a Ukrainian refugee.

While Ashley is splashing on the cologne to welcome Georgiy into the house, Gideon is doing his best to win over Rebecca's judgemental brother Daniel.

Tony gives Georgiy a tour of the house which results in some uncomfortable questioning of his choice of Russian literature. Georgiy has rather more luck when he meets neighbour Tamsin, taking an instant shine to her - and her drinks cabinet. Nigel's decision to take Georgiy to the local organ museum merely cements his wife's burgeoning infatuation with the dashing Ukrainian.

Daniel's attempt to humiliate Gideon by challenging him to a rap battle spectacularly backfires as Gideon unleashes his latent lyricism.

Back at the house a knock at the door exposes Georgiy's troubled past.

It's a welcome return for the critically-acclaimed sitcom. When Tony (Mark Steel), a working class, left wing South Londoner, falls in love and marries Imogen (Claire Skinner), an upper middle class property developer, their sons - Croydon chancer Ashley (Elliot Steel) and supercilious Eton and Oxford-educated Gideon (Ivo Graham) - are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted.

Cast:

Rebecca - Ayesha Antoine

Nigel - Simon Greenall

Tamsin - Susannah Fielding

Georgiy - Dan March

Daniel - Kaine Lawrence

Policeman - Ian Pearce

Written by Barry Castagnola and Ian Pearce

(additional material from the cast)

Executive Producer- Mario Stylianides

Producer/Director- Barry Castagnola

Sound Recordist and Editor- Jerry Peal

Broadcast Assistant - Sarah Tombling

Assistant Producer - George O'Regan

Production Assistant - David Litchfield

A Golden Path and Rustle Up production for BBC Radio 4

Imogen decides that the family should house a Ukrainian refugee, but Georgiy has a secret.

New sitcom starring Claire Skinner, Mark Steel, Elliot Steel and Ivo Graham.

Whilst Imogen, Tony and Ashley do their best to make Georgiy the Ukrainian refugee feel welcome in their house, Rebecca's brother Daniel challenges Gideon to a rap battle.

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Tony bemoans the fact the family are spending too much time on their phones and organises a digital detox weekend at a remote farmhouse in Wales. But his romanticised views of the ex-mining village where he spent many happy summers as a child, are at odds with the harsh reality.

Ashley, obsessed with true crime podcasts, is excited to learn that a dangerous criminal has escaped from prison, Imogen reconnects with an university friend and Gideon cant relax, having left his pregnant girlfriend at home.

This is the second series of Unite. When Tony (Mark Steel), a working class, left wing South Londoner, falls in love and marries Imogen (Claire Skinner), an upper middle class property developer, their sons - Croydon chancer Ashley (Elliot Steel) and supercilious Eton and Oxford-educated Gideon (Ivo Graham) - are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted.

Rebecca - Ayesha Antoine

Gethin - Steve Speirs

Mike - Julian Lewis Jones

Bethan/Operator - Maxine Evans

Gareth - Anthony O'Donnell

Newsreader - Ian Pearce

Police Operator - Simon Greenall

Written by Barry Castagnola, Elliot Steel and Ian Pearce

(additional material from the cast)

Executive Producer- Mario Stylianides

Producer/Director- Barry Castagnola

Sound Recordist and Editor- Jerry Peal

Broadcast Assistant - Alex Lynch

Assistant Producer - George O'Regan

Production Assistants - David Litchfield & Martyne Green

A Golden Path and Rustle Up production for BBC Radio 4

Tony decides the family should go for a digital detox weekend in Wales.

New sitcom starring Claire Skinner, Mark Steel, Elliot Steel and Ivo Graham.

Tony organises a digital detox weekend for the family at a remote farmhouse in Wales. Unfortunately it coincides with the escape of a dangerous criminal from a nearby prison.

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Tony is upset that his family seem to have forgotten his 60th birthday but is then even more aggrieved when he finds out Imogen's planned a surprise party.

Ashley attends his Nan's funeral and is reunited with his Mum for the first time in years and Imogen's mother arrives to offer Gideon and Rebecca unwanted advice on childbirth.

Last in the series of the critically-acclaimed sitcom. When Tony (Mark Steel), a working class, left wing South Londoner, falls in love and marries Imogen (Claire Skinner), an upper middle class property developer, their sons - Croydon chancer Ashley (Elliot Steel) and supercilious Eton and Oxford-educated Gideon (Ivo Graham) - are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted.

Cast:

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