Our Hylda
Poignant comedy drama about British TV's first female comedy star, Hylda Baker
- Genres
- Comedy Drama, Factual
- Broadcast
- 2017
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Starring
- Alison Steadman, Graeme Hawley, Jason Done, Justin Moorhouse, Lloyd Peters, Angela Lonsdale, Hamilton Berstock, Sanchia McCormack and Maeve Bluebell Wells
- Writer
- Martyn Hesford
- Director
- Gary Brown
- Producer
- Gary Brown
It is 1968, and Hylda Baker is a big variety star. However, she has never broken through on the telly. But totally out of the blue, Granada TV wants her for a new sitcom, Nearest And Dearest. Hylda is going to be a major TV star.
Unfortunately for Hylda, she doesn't get on with her co-star, Jimmy Jewel, and the studio is a war zone. To make matters worse Hylda keeps on forgetting her lines. But this masks a bigger problem - Hylda is struggling with the early symptoms of Alzheimer's.