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A tragi-comedy about refusing - or at least delaying - the inevitable. Written by and starring Amelia Bullmore.

Lizzie is shocked by the collapse and decay she finds when she returns to her childhood home but, refusing to be daunted, she resolves to get on top of it. Several skips later, the house and her past have got on top of her. Lacking sleep and immersed in the detritus of her youth, she starts to behave strangely, attracting the attention of the neighbours.

Lizzie .. - Amelia Bullmore

Ewan .. - Justin Salinger

Neil/Steven/Alasdair .. - Stuart McQuarrie

Sadie/Sarah/Margaret .. - Tracy Wiles

Writer: Amelia Bullmore

Director: Mary Peate

Sound Designer: Eloise Whitmore

Producer: Jessica Dromgoole

A Hooley production for BBC Radio 4

Distinguished actor Amelia Bullmore is also an award-winning playwright. She is best known for her TV acting roles in comedies like I'm Alan Partridge and British Olympics comedy Twenty Twelve, as well as for dramas like Scott And Bailey, Vienna Blood and most recently BBC TV's The Jetty. She has just finished filming Series 2 of The Buccaneers for Apple TV and is currently filming Sally Wainwright's much-anticipated BBC TV drama series Riot Women. She has written for radio, stage and television (including Traces and Scott and Bailey for Red). Her Radio 4 drama County Lines won the Audio Drama Award for Best Single Drama in 2018.

Lizzie sorts out her childhood home with so much zeal that the neighbours start to worry.

Lizzie sets about clearing up her childhood home with way too much zeal. Lacking sleep and immersed in the detritus of her youth, she starts behaving very strangely.

A tragi-comedy about refusing (or at least delaying) the inevitable.

Lizzie, a woman in her 50s, arrives at a remote house in Scotland after a long flight and a long drive. She turns the key in the stiffened lock and is shocked by the collapse and decay she finds. A daunting task lies ahead but Lizzie refuses to buckle. She'll sort this place out, ditch all this junk and make a killing.

Several skips later, Lizzie's childhood home and her past have repossessed her. Lacking sleep and immersed in the detritus of her youth, she starts to behave quite strangely and it becomes clear that all this activity is a way of avoiding a painful reality.

Director, Mary Peate

Sound Designer, Eloise Whitmore

Producer, Jessica Dromgoole

Distinguished actor Amelia Bullmore is also an award-winning playwright. She is best known for her TV acting roles in comedies like I'm Alan Partridge and British Olympics comedy Twenty Twelve, as well as for dramas like Scott And Bailey, Vienna Blood and most recently BBC TV's The Jetty. She has just finished filming Series 2 of The Buccaneers for Apple TV and is currently filming Sally Wainwright's much-anticipated new BBC TV drama series Riot Women. She has written for radio, stage and television (including Traces and Scott and Bailey for Red). Her Radio 4 drama County Lines won the Audio Drama Award for Best Single Drama in 2018.

Lizzie energetically clears her childhood home to avoid facing up to something difficult.

Fifty-ish Lizzie sets about sorting out her childhood home with way too much zeal. Lacking sleep and immersed in the detritus of her youth, she starts behaving quite strangely.

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