Ladies Of Letters. Image shows from L to R: Vera Small (Anne Reid), Irene Spencer (Maureen Lipman). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions
Ladies Of Letters

Ladies Of Letters

  • TV comedy drama / sitcom
  • ITV3
  • 2009 - 2010
  • 20 episodes (2 series)

Comedy drama about two warring widows. Based on the books and BBC Radio 4 series of the same name. Stars Maureen Lipman, Anne Reid, Morag Siller, Daniel Crowder, Paul Chahidi and more.

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Series 2, Episode 10

The two ladies continue to squabble, but Vera discovers to her delight that St John is wealthy, and moves in with her daughter and soon-to-be son-in-law.

Further details

Despite the occasional cup of marijuana tea, Irene barely controls her irritation at Vera's bossy interventions: has she forgotten that Irene has her own house back in England, thank you very much! She will be flying back to Blighty shortly, to mastermind the catering for Karen and St John's wedding. Brian and Lesley - her daughter - are moving in together, so Vera's suggestion that Irene bring Lesley's daughter Cheryl Marie with her is completely out of order!

Perhaps they should both focus on the up-coming Olympics - get healthy, concentrate on team efforts. Vera is outraged and informs Irene that she is considering legal action against her for theft of her daughter's affections and for slander. She'd also like to point out that St John is poor as a church mouse and lives in a 'bothy', and that she's busy on the day of the proposed wedding.

Irene - now back in England - points out that Vera's solicitor - Agabatha of the Astarte - is almost certainly a fake, that St John's 12 bedroomed house (where Vera is welcome to live) is called the Bothy as a joke, and that Karen is willing to change the date of the wedding so that Vera can go. Vera succumbs, and moves into The Bothy.

She and Irene fall to arguing about food for the wedding reception, what they might wear, and the wisdom of Vera's involvement with the Astarte tribe. Jesus intervenes to prevent a new falling out, and inspired by the Olympic motto - 'citius, altius fortius' - the two ladies have a rattling good time at Karen and St John's wedding.

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 16th November 2010
Time
10pm
Channel
ITV3
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 18th November 2010 10:00pm ITV3
Sunday 21st November 2010 7:20pm ITV3
Sunday 4th September 2011 3:40pm ITV1
Friday 27th August 2021 10:30pm ITV3
Thursday 23rd December 2021 10:30pm ITV3
Friday 24th December 2021 2:30am ITV3
Saturday 17th December 2022 1:45am ITV3
Monday 29th May 2023 12:35am ITV3

Cast & crew

Cast
Maureen Lipman Irene Spencer
Anne Reid Vera Small
Morag Siller Karen
Daniel Crowder Howard
Paul Chahidi Anthony
Jada Wallace-Mitchell Sabrina
Guest cast
Richard Dempsey St. John
Andi Osho Agabatha
Writing team
Lou Wakefield Writer
Carole Hayman Writer
Production team
John Henderson Director
Matthew Francis (as Francis Matthews) Producer
Sophie Clarke-Jervoise Executive Producer
Carole Hayman Associate Producer
Lou Wakefield Associate Producer
Rachel Alabaster Line Producer
David Yardley Editor
Heather Gibson Production Designer
Kate Day Casting Director
Aideen Morgan Costume Designer
John Ignatius Director of Photography
Sarah Grundy Make-up Designer
Mark Thomas Composer
Robert Fabbri 1st Assistant Director

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