Episode 1

A four-part comedy drama written by Lynne Truss, starring Jane Asher.

Susan is determined that for just 30-minutes each week she will sit down and enjoy her favourite TV show 'Mrs Milliner', set in the world of hat selling.

But every time she settles down to watch, somebody or something stops her - in this episode, it's a possessive boyfriend and an accident prone window cleaner.

If only Susan could be more like Mrs Milliner, a forceful captain-of-industry, who not only gets her own way, but also makes the most fantastical hats.

Mrs Milliner .... Jane Asher
Susan .... Caroline Harker
Gerald .... Jonathan Coy
Gordon .... Jason Hughes
Elsie and Lady Hannington .... Beth Chalmers
Lord Hannington and cockney driver .... Stephen Critchlow

Producer Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003.