After Henry
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 1985 - 1989
- 34 episodes (4 series)
Culture and generation-clash comedy in which middle-aged widow Sarah lives with her elderly, difficult mother Eleanor, and daughter Clare. Stars Prunella Scales, Joan Sanderson, Benjamin Whitrow and Geraldine Cowper.
- Series 3, Christmas Special repeated Thursday at 7am on Radio 4 Extra
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1985 - 1989
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 34 (4 series)
- Stars
- Prunella Scales, Joan Sanderson, Benjamin Whitrow and Geraldine Cowper
- Writer
- Simon Brett
- Producer
- Pete Atkin
- Company
Sarah is 42 and has already been widowed for a little over two years, since Henry's tragic death in a car crash. Having moved from London to a medium-sized town in the country with her late husband, doctor Henry France, she's now left alone, coping with their daughter, Clare, and her mother, Eleanor, between whom she is regularly torn!
Clare, only just 18, is fast becoming an adult, discovering the world, and finding both herself and her responsibilities. Sarah herself is struggling to get used to the unwanted freedom that Henry's death has thrust upon her; and her elderly mother, somewhere in her mid-70s, is as interfering, oblivious and cantankerous as ever.
Caught between the two extremes, Sarah struggles - with the help and advice of her gay best friend and employer, small bookshop owner Russell - with parenting, life as a single woman, but above all else: not turning into her mother!
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 17th April 1985 at 6:30pm on BBC Radio 4
- Next repeats
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- Series 3, Christmas Special: Thursday at 7am on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 3, Christmas Special: Thursday at 12pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 3, Christmas Special: Friday at 2am on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 3, Christmas Special: Friday at 6pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Most recent repeats
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- Tuesday 23rd January 2024 at 3:30am on Radio 4 Extra - Series 4, Episode 8
- Monday 22nd January 2024 at 6:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 4, Episode 8
- Monday 22nd January 2024 at 1:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 4, Episode 8