Siblings
- TV sitcom
- BBC Three
- 2014 - 2016
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Sitcom about the world's worst brother and sister. Stars Charlotte Ritchie and Tom Stourton.
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Series 2, Episode 2 - Golden Aunt
Further details
Perpetually jobless Dan is in debt to his mother, Marion - after all, she pays the allowance that enables him to spend time writing his graphic novel Wolf Cops.
That means that Dan is Marion's dance partner at her local salsa class, a role he begrudgingly accepts. He's got two left feet and is constantly weirded out by fellow dancer Ralph who seems to have an unhealthy interest in his own mother.
But when Marion's sister, troublemaker Leslie, turns up unannounced, Dan decides to rebel. Aunt Leslie teaches him that you can take whatever you want from society and never have to give anything back, which Dan loves. Yet when Leslie decides to enact revenge on an old boyfriend, Dan quickly realises he is in way out of his depth.
Meanwhile, Hannah is dreading heading into work for the annual audit. However, criminal activity in the office above means that all staff get the week off while police investigate. Excited, she heads home, where she ends up becoming the owner of six free pizzas.
As more unexpectedly good things start to come her way, Hannah becomes convinced she's having a Golden Week - an uninterrupted week of lucky breaks. When the opportunity to appear in a music video with her favourite RnB star appears, Hannah begins to believe she's invincible.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 11th January 2016
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Three
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Tuesday 12th January 2016 | 12:30am | BBC3 |
Wednesday 13th January 2016 | 1:30am | BBC3 |
Thursday 14th January 2016 | 1:30am | BBC3 |
Thursday 14th January 2016 | 3:30am | BBC3 |
Friday 15th January 2016 | 12:30am | BBC3 |
Saturday 16th January 2016 | 1:30am | BBC3 |
Sunday 17th January 2016 | 1:55am | BBC3 |
Monday 18th January 2016 | 1:15am | BBC3 |
Monday 15th February 2016 | 2:30am | BBC3 |
Cast & crew
Charlotte Ritchie | Hannah |
Tom Stourton | Dan |
Stella Gonet | Marion |
Sally Phillips | Aunt Leslie |
Alastair Roberts | Ralph |
Nicholas Bailey | Lloyd |
Ian Smith | Pizza Guy |
Kate Lamb | Katie |
Sope Dirisu | Zeff |
Edward Dogliani | Spike |
Keith Akushie | Writer |
Lucien Young | Writer |
Daran Johnson | Writer (Additional Material) |
Joe Parham | Writer (Additional Material) |
Dan Zeff | Director |
Phil Gilbert | Producer |
Simon Wilson | Executive Producer |
Damon Beesley | Executive Producer |
William Webb | Editor |
Miranda Jones | Production Designer |
Jessica Dannheisser | Composer |
Video
Golden week
Dan has invited Aunt Leslie to stay, which adds to Hannah's 'Golden Week'.
Featuring: Charlotte Ritchie (Hannah), Tom Stourton (Dan) & Sally Phillips (Aunt Leslie).
Press
Series two continues, with Dan (Tom Stourton) given an enlightening vision of a future without the rule of his maniacal mother, thanks to a visit from his feckless Aunt Leslie (the excellent Sally Phillips), who teaches him that he can get anything he wants from society without giving anything in return. Meanwhile, after the delivery of six unordered pizzas, Hannah (Charlotte Ritchie) believes that she's entered a "golden week", a rarified era when lucky breaks will continue to flow liberally.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 11th January 2016Radio Times review
It's a terrible sitcom this. Obscene, shallow, full of unpleasant characters. But from its evil comic stew moments always bubble up that make you splutter with a sort of guilty laughter.
This episode sees the reappearance of our siblings' mother (Stella Gonet) and, in a new development, their hippie aunt Leslie (Sally Phillips), who takes a shine to doofus Dan. But as ever the best scenes belong to Charlotte Ritchie as his heartless sister Hannah, who believes she is at last having a Golden Week when everything goes right. It builds to a heroically tasteless climax as she appears in an R&B video while sweating more than the part strictly demands.
David Butcher, Radio Times, 5th January 2016