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Spread A Little Happiness

Spread A Little Happiness

  • Radio comedy drama / sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2009 - 2011
  • 12 episodes (2 series)

Sitcom about a sandwich shop in East Yorkshire run by two ladies trying to introduce designer sandwiches to the locals. Stars Nicola Duffett, Debra Stephenson, Suranne Jones, Susan Cookson, Neil Dudgeon and more.

Press clippings

John Godber and Jane Thornton's comedy is about starting a new business. Hope (Suranne Jones) has just left her successful businessman husband and is sleeping on the spare air mattress of old school friend Jodie (Susan Cookson) while her divorce comes through. Jodie is a workaholic, Hope relies more on the wine bottle. Together they're starting a sandwich shop in East Yorkshire. Jodie knows every variety of bap, bun, loaf and stottie cake. Hope doesn't. No wonder they're nervous as they await the arrival of their first customer.

Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph, 27th May 2009

One woman's new comedy drama is another woman's invitation to fill her ears with quick-setting cement. I'm not going to reveal whether I'm currently wiping the tears from my happily strained eyes or sitting in a hospital emergency department, the reason being that my judgement on what makes a successful comedy was written off years ago. I saw a live performance by an act who went by the name of Little Britain and came back to Radio Times to tell everyone that I thought they were rubbish... This new sitcom is billed as "The Thelma and Louise of the sandwich world", with Suranne Jones as Hope and Susan Cookson as Jodie fulfilling those roles. Or should I say rolls, because 90 per cent of the jokes are bread-related.

Jane Anderson, Radio Times, 19th May 2009

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