Woman's Hour Drama - My Mad Grandad - Episode 1

By Mike Scott. Touching and funny tale of family quarrels and misspent old age, drawing on Scott's own childhood in Lancashire. After being moved away from bad influences to live in a quiet village, 12-year-old Gil finds his new best mate is the oldest, blackest sheep in his family - his grandad, just released from the asylum, who thinks boys need catapults and stink bombs and sips of beer. Mum ...... Alison Steadman Dad ...... Matthew Kelly Old Gil ...... Bernard Hill Grandad ...... Kenneth Cranham Haryley ...... Johnny Vegas Mercy ...... Gwyneth Powell Gil ...... Stephen Rac Kenny ...... Joshua Swinney Muffin ...... Tomas Brennan Directed by Dirk Maggs A Perfectly Normal production for BBC Radio 4.