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4. Installation

Gillian’s secret stairlift plan is finally happening. But will she be able to keep her mother away long enough? Stars Paola Dionisotti.

Gillian’s secret stairlift plan is finally happening. But will she be able to keep her mother away long enough?

Gillian lives with her nineteen-year-old daughter and eighty-nine-year-old mother and her beloved boxer dog. Life is a constant balancing act, lived in the eye of the storm.

Starring Paola Dionisotti as Gillian.

Fourth episode in a series based on the original stories by Michele Hanson.

Chloe .... Luisa Bradshaw-White
Gillian .... Paola Dionisotti
Bernice .... Edna Doré
Esther .... Ann Beach
Lift Workman/Care Asst .... David Antrobus
Man in Day Care Centre .... Geoffrey Whitehead

Written by Michele Hanson and Jenny Landreth.

Director: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.

Release date:

15 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Thu 23 Apr 202608:45
  • Thu 23 Apr 202613:45
  • Thu 23 Apr 202619:45
  • Fri 24 Apr 202603:45