Pat and Margaret

Pat and Margaret by Victoria Wood adapted for radio by John Foley "When you deal with me, Claire, think icon." Pat is the glamorous face of an American soap opera; Margaret, a waitress in a motorway cafe in Lancashire. Sisters who've not seen each other for 27 years. Brought together in the glare of a popular TV show, they have no choice but to seem thrilled. But a darker past lies behind their reunion. Pat ..... Tracy-Ann Oberman Margaret ..... Sarah Lancashire Maeve ..... Imelda Staunton Claire ..... Claire Skinner Jim ..... Andrew Dunn Jim's Mum ..... Thelma Barlow Vera ..... Rachel Davies Billy ..... Danny Webb Nosey Neighbour ..... Lynda Baron Stella ..... Joanna Monro Bella ..... Sally Orrock Martin ..... Philip Lowrie Daisy ..... Deeivya Meir Driver ..... Adeel Akhtar Hotel Manager ..... Sam Dale Floor Assistant ..... Iain Batchelor Director: Marion Nancarrow "I'm glamorous, attractive, I have enough sexual charisma to open a factory. She's fat, Northern, working class - of course she wants to be my sister." Victoria Wood's bitter-sweet comedy has its first radio airing on Christmas Day. In the 50th anniversary year of "Coronation Street" the production sees a number of its former stars re-united - Sarah Lancashire (who played Racquel), Thelma Barlow (Mavis), Andrew Dunn (Roger Stiles) and Philip Lowrie (who played Elsie Tanner's son). Imelda Staunton (star of Vera Drake) is the Irish talk-show host and Claire Skinner (from Outnumbered) the earnest assistant, Claire. Lynda Baron (Open All Hours) plays a cameo role of the nosy neighbour, Rachel Davies (Boon) is Mum and Danny Webb (Alien 3) the reporter, Billy.