Ladies of Letters

A cosy, catty pleasure: two sharp-tongued women trade barbed confessions while their lives unravel in comic, oddly touching ways.

Created by

John Henderson

Genres

Drama, Comedy

Starring

Maureen Lipman, Anne Reid, Jonathan Coy

Overview

Two middle-age crazy English widows become best friends via letters, over many misadventure-filled years. Having met under a table at a wedding, when both were drunk with merriment, misunderstanding comes naturally to them. The ladies and their kin act out the events in the letters: in their homes, prison or wherever else they land, revealing the hilarious, venomous, or empathetic truth, between their ever-increasing lines. Based on a 13 year long BBC 4 radio series.

How it feels

Satirical, cynical, warm and absurd. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Friendship, family, class, deception

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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