Bucket. Mim (Miriam Margolyes)
Bucket

Bucket

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Four
  • 2017
  • 4 episodes (1 series)

BBC Four comedy series about a mother and daughter who go on a road trip to tick off the mother's bucket list. Stars Miriam Margolyes, Frog Stone and Stephanie Beacham.

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Series 1, Episode 3

Bucket. Image shows from L to R: Brona (Margaret Cabourn-Smith), Beth (Cicely Giddings), Fran (Frog Stone)
It's off to the home of cousin Pat, the night before her daughter Gemma's wedding.

Preview clips

Further details

It's off to the home of cousin Pat, the night before her daughter Gemma's wedding.

Fran finds acceptance from Gemma and her bridesmaids, but when Gemma reveals she doesn't want to go through with the wedding, Mim and Fran try to help her, making some important discoveries in the process.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 27th April 2017
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Four
Length
25 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Friday 28th April 2017 3:00am BBC4

Cast & crew

Cast
Miriam Margolyes Mim
Frog Stone Fran
Stephanie Beacham Pat
Guest cast
Catherine Steadman Gemma
Margaret Cabourn-Smith Brona
Cicely Giddings Beth
Writing team
Frog Stone Writer
Barunka O'Shaughnessy Script Editor
Production team
Rebecca Rycroft Director
Katie Mavroleon Producer
Judy Counihan Executive Producer
Frog Stone Associate Producer
Jo Walker Editor
Tina Sherifa Hicks Production Designer
Jane Anderson Casting Director
June Nevin Costume Designer
Jeremy Hewson Director of Photography
Lisa Kennedy Make-up Designer
Jane Watkins Composer
Helen Ostler 1st Assistant Director
Alex Moody Commissioning Editor

Video

What are you planning?

Mim is excited about what she can do at a wedding with her bucket list.

Featuring: Miriam Margolyes (Mim), Frog Stone (Fran) & Stephanie Beacham (Pat).

Press

Part three of the comedy about an incorrigible septuagenarian (Miriam Margolyes) whose cautious adult daughter (writer Frog Stone) feels obliged to help with a wacky list of dying wishes. It's time for second cousin Gemma's wedding, which means much more of Stephanie Beacham as the hellishly snobby and controlling mother of the bride - another archetype too simply drawn for the moments of pathos to take hold. Making a wedding episode feel fresh is a big ask.

Jack Seale, The Guardian, 27th April 2017

TV review: Bucket, Episode Three, BBC4

This gentle series starring Miriam Margolyes and Frog Stone reaches its penultimate episode. It is a shame that there are only four parts because it is only just starting to bed in, albeit very slowly.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th April 2017

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