Season 1
10 episodes
22 min. per episode
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Two witty widows navigate life's absurdities through hilarious letters, uncovering secrets and forging an unbreakable bond amidst chaos.
Episodes
Prim widow Irene Spencer sends a thank you letter to the rather hearty lady,Vera Small, another widow,who did the catering for Irene's daughter Lesley's wedding - where she got rather tipsy. An exchange of letters begins which will be carried on for years,though half of them are rather bitchy. When Vera trips over the dog and falls downstairs Irene sends her flowers but the florist gets the order wrong and Vera moves into her long-suffering friend Audrey's B & B.
Vera has problems with builders whilst Irene is paid court by elderly Romeo Bill Snapes. Vera asks them round for lunch but they get rather too friendly and end up in bed, causing Irene to leave in a huff. Two years go by during which Bill marries a younger woman,Irene's daughter Lesley considers emigrating to Australia and Vera's daughter Karen has an unsuitable relationship. United in irritation the two ladies of letters re-commence their correspondence.
Irene invites Vera to stay and takes her to the Cricket Club dance where she is to present a prize. However,due to a mix-up,Vera is asked to do the honours instead. An aggrieved Irene is put in mind of all the childhood disappointments she has suffered and Vera's attempts to cheer her up go awry. However, Irene has a far bigger problem to worry her, Lesley's imminent departure to Australia, which drives her to drink.
Vera's daughter Karen falls pregnant and Irene visits her. It becomes apparent that Karen gets on better with Irene than she does with her mother, who is unaware that her son Howard is gay. He lives on a farming commune called Sheep-Dippers with his 'friend' Anthony,both of whom are vegetarians but Vera just thinks this is very modern. Irene joins a protest group to stop nuclear waste being dumped under the local golf course.
Irene gets arrested during a demo against the dumping and ends up in hospital suffering from amnesia and prone to bad language. The vicar suggests Vera help her recall who she is by writing to her but the letters are all about Vera. Irene is released but, with her memory restored and finding herself next to a bull-dozer at roadworks,she decides to show her friends what happened at the demo and gets arrested again.
Two middle-age crazy English widows become best friends via letters, over many misadventure-filled years. Having met under a table at a wedding, when both were drunk with merriment, misunderstanding comes naturally to them.