The Prentices are a middle-aged, middle-class couple who enjoy doing exactly what they want, pleasing no-one but themselves. Maggie (Penelope Keith) and Andrew (William Gaunt) are now looking forward to an idyllic retirement at their new French vineyard. But after their estranged son Graham and his wife Bootface' get killed in a car crash, they're left to bring up their grandchildren. No great lovers of children at the best of times, they're forced to abandon their dreams and accept the nightmare of parenting three ungrateful, fussy and stroppy kids, aged 13, 11 and 7! One's a vegetarian, one only eats Spam and one won't eat anything that's round. As the days turn into months, it begins to dawn on Maggie and Andrew that the three monsters and their multitude of pets are there to stay. Will the reluctant grandparents gracefully take on their family duties as next of kin? Next of Kin is a hugely heart-warming comedy directed by BAFTA winner Gareth Gwenlan (Only Fools and Horses / Yes, Prime Minister).
When Dee Chandler Tate (Barbara Flynn, Miss Potter, Hornblower) and her former sister-in-law Elly (Catherine Russell, Inspector Lynley, Holby City) set up a private detective agency, they had no idea what a dramatic turn their lives would take. The detective who discovered Elly’s ex-husband’s infidelity soon joins the team, and when he’s not helping to crack the case, Larry (Oscar winner Peter Capaldi, Doctor Who, The Thick of It) is shaking his head at their technological failures. The sexual tension between Elly and Larry crackles as she sets to work solving cases of runaway daughters and cheating spouses. The independent lady takes down misogyny on the way as she reprimands cheating husbands and humiliates clients who dare to assume that she’s the company secretary. Written by Paula Milne, known for her work on Endgame and Small Island and produced by Ann Skinner (Birdsong).
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