Potting On. Pam Grant (Pam Ayres)
Potting On

Potting On

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2008
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Sitcom by Chris Thompson and Peter Reynolds about a married couple at odds running a rural garden centre. Stars Pam Ayres and Geoffrey Whitehead. Stars Pam Ayres, Geoffrey Whitehead, Trevor Bannister, Karl Theobald and Alex Tregear

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2008
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
6 (1 series)
Stars
Pam Ayres, Geoffrey Whitehead, Trevor Bannister, Karl Theobald and Alex Tregear
Writers
Chris Thompson, Peter Reynolds and Pam Ayres
Producer
Claire Jones

Radio sitcom starring Pam Ayres and Geoffrey Whitehead as a long-married aging couple running a garden centre with the help of various oddball employees.

Gordon is a creature of habit while Pam longs to break out of her humdrum routine.

Pam's ally at the garden centre is teenager Carol, a girl more than happy to speak her mind. If only, Gordon complains, there was something in her peroxide head apart from boob jobs, alco-pops, Johnny Depp and bronzed chests smothered in baby oil. Naive deputy manager Dave, though older than Carol, is smitten. Luckily, he has Pam to advise him on the route to Carol's heart: like pointing out that metal detecting is 'not' a good idea for a hot date! And how could the garden centre survive without the ancient and, quite frankly, bizarre Roy, the highly inaccurate singer of pop songs and runner-up in the Gloucester beauty pageant?

Will Pam's last fling at life, adventure and fun overcome Gordon's passion for comfortable trousers, caravanning and penny-pinching?

Additional details

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Wednesday 27th February 2008 at 11:30am on BBC Radio 4
Most recent repeats
  • Thursday 31st October 2019 at 5:00am on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 6
  • Wednesday 30th October 2019 at 5:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 6
  • Wednesday 30th October 2019 at 7:00am on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 6