Bucket
- TV sitcom
- BBC Four
- 2017
- 4 episodes (1 series)
BBC Four comedy series about a mother and daughter who go on a road trip to tick off the mother's bucket list. Stars Miriam Margolyes, Frog Stone and Stephanie Beacham.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 3
Further details
It's off to the home of cousin Pat, the night before her daughter Gemma's wedding.
Fran finds acceptance from Gemma and her bridesmaids, but when Gemma reveals she doesn't want to go through with the wedding, Mim and Fran try to help her, making some important discoveries in the process.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 27th April 2017
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Length
- 25 minutes
Cast & crew
| Miriam Margolyes | Mim |
| Frog Stone | Fran |
| Stephanie Beacham | Pat |
| Catherine Steadman | Gemma |
| Margaret Cabourn-Smith | Brona |
| Cicely Giddings | Beth |
| Frog Stone | Writer |
| Barunka O'Shaughnessy | Script Editor |
| Rebecca Rycroft | Director |
| Katie Mavroleon | Producer |
| Judy Counihan | Executive Producer |
| Frog Stone | Associate Producer |
| Jo Walker | Editor |
| Tina Sherifa Hicks | Production Designer |
| Jane Anderson | Casting Director |
| June Nevin | Costume Designer |
| Jeremy Hewson | Director of Photography |
| Lisa Kennedy | Make-up Designer |
| Jane Watkins | Composer |
| Helen Ostler | 1st Assistant Director |
| Alex Moody | Commissioning Editor |
Video
What are you planning?
Mim is excited about what she can do at a wedding with her bucket list.
Featuring: Miriam Margolyes (Mim), Frog Stone (Fran) & Stephanie Beacham (Pat).
Press
Part three of the comedy about an incorrigible septuagenarian (Miriam Margolyes) whose cautious adult daughter (writer Frog Stone) feels obliged to help with a wacky list of dying wishes. It's time for second cousin Gemma's wedding, which means much more of Stephanie Beacham as the hellishly snobby and controlling mother of the bride - another archetype too simply drawn for the moments of pathos to take hold. Making a wedding episode feel fresh is a big ask.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 27th April 2017TV review: Bucket, Episode Three, BBC4
This gentle series starring Miriam Margolyes and Frog Stone reaches its penultimate episode. It is a shame that there are only four parts because it is only just starting to bed in, albeit very slowly.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th April 2017