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Prunella Scales and Anne Reid star in this fractious festive series of the popular BBC Radio 4 comedy. It's Christmas and the Ladies of Letters are busy stuffing home made turkey sausages, adding hot pepper to their mulled wine and giving each other totally unsuitable Christmas presents. Vera has just returned from a festive trip to the Holy Land, where she has purchased Mary Mother of Jesus Jam and realised that the only universal religion is shopping. Then she and her family face homelessness when a heartless Bank buys up The Bothy for redevelopment. Irene, meanwhile, is inundated with family visiting for the Festive Season and is annoyed that Vera seems too caught up in her own concerns to consider hers. But Irene has to hold back on her grievances when Vera's daughter Karen finds a lump - not as Vera originally thought, in her Nigella-style Christmas gravy - but in her breast. As family descend on them both, pressure mounts and Christmas chaos inevitably ensues in this eleventh series of the radio comedy.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This was the Radio Four Christmas treat and I listened to every episode. Delighted to keep up with the bickerings of Vera and Irene. But Where is Patricia Routlegde. Ann Reid is very good, and the voice and accent are fine, but I miss the sauciness and self satisfied confidence of the original actress. Still, good to be back with the Great Shag clan, the ever extending family and touched by the new edge of realism in the health subplot and its affects on mother and daughter dynamics. This is already on my Amazon birthday list for family to take note.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Like another reviewer I felt that this offering was considerably weaker than previous episodes. The plot seemed thin and far less humourous, not helped by the loss of Patricia Routledge playing Vera. Ann Reid is a fine actress but her voice didn't seem to have captured the image of Vera Small that Patricia had made her own. Maybe series 11 is one series too far?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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As other reviewers have commented although this is still the same wit that we have come to love and enjoy, and although I came to enjoy Ann Reid on the less than perfect TV adaptation, I miss Patricia Routledge!
Nevertheless, I really do enjoy this whole series and now have them all on my ipod in a Playlist and recently listened to all eleven consecutively!!!
This series epitomises all that is best from British humour and the subtly and wit that can be derived from the nuances of tone and language and best of all from malapropisms! I think they are FABULOUS!
Nevertheless, I really do enjoy this whole series and now have them all on my ipod in a Playlist and recently listened to all eleven consecutively!!!
This series epitomises all that is best from British humour and the subtly and wit that can be derived from the nuances of tone and language and best of all from malapropisms! I think they are FABULOUS!
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Still v funny
I know some listeners felt that Anne Reid ws not as good as patricia, but i disagree, i didn't feel it lost any of its appeal for that at all. Read more
Published 1 month ago by M. M. Charles
Disappointing - Not as Good Without Patricia Routledge
I have been a fan of the series since its inception, and like all fans, have grown fond of the Great Shag clan and its extended family. Read more
Published 13 months ago by J. Blake
Excellent as always
I have all the "Ladies of Letters" on Cassette`s and CD`S. All excellent i have found, so instead of Patricia Routledge, Anne Read takes her part. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. M. Reynolds
Ladies of Letters Go Crackers
I hereby certify that I am a published comic novelist and that in my professional opinion all the Ladies of Letters series are original, popular and very, very funny. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Ms. C. E. Taylor
Ladies of Letters go Crackers
Hilarious and well up to the usual standard of the Ladies of Letters audio series. Highly recommend this - I listen to it while doing my housework, and it certainly makes the... Read more
Published 15 months ago by E.Z. Riter
Oh
I have the first ten series of Ladies of Letters and have to say that this is the weakest to date.
I get the feeling that the writers have run out of steam and... Read more
I get the feeling that the writers have run out of steam and... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Simon Tavener
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