Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Flux | 20100519 | Caroline is running Household Solutions on her own from the student rooms she is renting - just leaflets through doors, offering a family back-up service.
After a chance meeting, Sylvia is sure she could be helpful to the business. Caroline is sure she couldn't.
Sylvia persists and, against her better judgement, Caroline gets drawn in.
Can they manage to turn their service into a good business?
Starring Anna Massey and Deborah Findlay.
Lesley Bruce's sitcom in four parts.
Sylvia ..... Anna Massey
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2010.
Caroline runs a family back-up service, but can she let Sylvia join Household Solutions? Two very different women battle to run a domestic service together. Stars Anna Massey. | |
| 01 | Flux | 20100519 | 20120206 (R4) | Caroline is running Household Solutions on her own from the student rooms she is renting - just leaflets through doors, offering a family back-up service.
After a chance meeting, Sylvia is sure she could be helpful to the business. Caroline is sure she couldn't.
Sylvia persists and, against her better judgement, Caroline gets drawn in.
Can they manage to turn their service into a good business?
Starring Anna Massey and Deborah Findlay.
Lesley Bruce's sitcom in four parts.
Sylvia ..... Anna Massey
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2010.
Caroline runs a family back-up service, but can she let Sylvia join Household Solutions? Two very different women battle to run a domestic service together. Stars Anna Massey. |
| 02 | Domestic Arrangements | 20100526 | The man lurking outside turns out not to be the private detective Sylvia supposes, but a potential client.
He's inadvertently encouraged a middle-aged American academic, in whom he has no romantic interest, to have hopes of a shared future. She is arriving next week.
Can MiraclesRus help?
Starring Anna Massey and Deborah Findlay.
Sitcom by Lesley Bruce.
Sylvia ..... Anna Massey
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.
* Music and strings from the music of Nick Drake. Theme: "When the Day is Done" and strings: "Time of No Reply" and "Cello Song".
Can Sylvia and Caroline help with a case of inadvertently encouraged romantic interest? Two very different women battle to run a domestic service together. Stars Anna Massey. | |
| 02 | Domestic Arrangements | 20100526 | 20120213 (R4) | The man lurking outside turns out not to be the private detective Sylvia supposes, but a potential client.
He's inadvertently encouraged a middle-aged American academic, in whom he has no romantic interest, to have hopes of a shared future. She is arriving next week.
Can MiraclesRus help?
Starring Anna Massey and Deborah Findlay.
Sitcom by Lesley Bruce.
Sylvia ..... Anna Massey
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.
* Music and strings from the music of Nick Drake. Theme: "When the Day is Done" and strings: "Time of No Reply" and "Cello Song".
Can Sylvia and Caroline help with a case of inadvertently encouraged romantic interest? Two very different women battle to run a domestic service together. Stars Anna Massey. |
| 03 | Postcards | 20100602 | A woman engages Caroline to stay in her Sussex cottage to post daily pre-written postcards to her husband at home.
Caroline and Sylvia are dubious but need the cash. They gain her assurance and promise not to draw attention to themselves.
So it's off for a well-paid long weekend away.
What could possibly go wrong?
Starring Anna Massey and Deborah Findlay.
Comedy about two women who run a cleaning service together by Lesley Bruce.
Sylvia ..... Anna Massey
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.
Caroline and Sylvia are dubious about a new assignment in Sussex. With Deborah Findlay. Two very different women battle to run a domestic service together. Stars Anna Massey. | |
| 03 | Postcards | 20100602 | 20120220 (R4) | A woman engages Caroline to stay in her Sussex cottage to post daily pre-written postcards to her husband at home.
Caroline and Sylvia are dubious but need the cash. They gain her assurance and promise not to draw attention to themselves.
So it's off for a well-paid long weekend away.
What could possibly go wrong?
Starring Anna Massey and Deborah Findlay.
Comedy about two women who run a cleaning service together by Lesley Bruce.
Sylvia ..... Anna Massey
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.
Caroline and Sylvia are dubious about a new assignment in Sussex. With Deborah Findlay. Two very different women battle to run a domestic service together. Stars Anna Massey. |
| 04 | Lot 243 | 20100609 | 20120227 (R4) | Caroline's car gives up the ghost and the business can't afford the repairs. When they've asked to bid for a lot at a county house auction - how can they get there? Sylvia rides to the rescue. Once they arrive, Caroline makes a new friend, while Sylvia meets a kindred spirit... Starring Anna Massey and Deborah Findlay. Comedy about two women who run a cleaning service together by Lesley Bruce. Sylvia ..... Anna Massey Caroline ..... Deborah Findlay Lauren ..... Madeleine Bowyer Lambourn ..... Trevor Peacock Carl Bailey ..... Nigel Hastings Auctioneer ..... Michael Shelford Producer: Katie Tyrrell First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010. ** Music and stings from the music of Nick Drake. Theme: 'When the Day is Done' and stings: 'Time of No Reply' and 'Cello Song'. Caroline and Sylvia are engaged to bid at an auction but find more than they bargained for Two very different women battle to run a domestic service together. Stars Anna Massey. |