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Dawn French and Mark Heap. Credit: Trevor Lake, Simon Bray
Can You Keep A Secret?

Can You Keep A Secret?

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 2025
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Comedy following a pair of retirees and their family after a life-changing bureaucratic error. Stars Dawn French and Mark Heap.

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Dawn French and Mark Heap. Credit: Trevor Lake, Simon Bray

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2025
Channel
BBC One
Episodes
6 (1 series)
Creator
Simon Mayhew-Archer
Stars
Dawn French and Mark Heap
Writer
Simon Mayhew-Archer
Director
Simon Hynd
Producers
Lauriel Martin, Joe Scantlebury, Kenton Allen and Simon Mayhew-Archer
Companies

Debbie Fenton - granny, lawn bowler, tinpot dictator - will stop at nothing to make sure her family is protected. Unfortunately, most of the time the person they really need protecting from is her. When her hermit-like husband William unexpectedly dies, she makes an outlandish decision that will put the family under more pressure than ever before.

Because Debbie isn't actually a widow and William didn't really die - he was just mistakenly declared dead and the two retirees found themselves staring down the barrel of an opportunity too good to pass up. Just a few months hiding out in the loft waiting for the life insurance to pay out and then they can live out their golden years in peace.

This all proves a bit much for their easily frazzled son Harry, who - despite his emotional shortcomings - has managed to acquire a family of his own and a potentially life changing insurance payout from his father's 'death'. Reunited with a dad he's just buried and the reality that his parents have turned into a pensioner version of Bonnie and Clyde, Harry suddenly has a lot more to juggle. Sandwiched between two generations of toddlers, Harry finds himself navigating a very common stage of life - only this time, it's criminal.

This is the story of an odd little family you haven't met yet, but that you already know. Can Debbie Fenton and her family keep their secret? Or will one of them spill the beans?

Additional details

Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

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