Ladies Of Letters

Irene is in prison. When the police raid Irene's house, she too ends up heading for the nick. The ladies end up on the same prison ship and are soon the life and soul of the community.

Irene is in prison - quite unreasonably - for demonstrating to her friends how she head-butted a bulldozer at the protest against the nuclear dumping site. Her swearing affliction only made matters worse. But at least Irene's memory is back: unhappily it returned in the middle of a performance by the Aster Players when a box of chocs fell on her head.

But Irene makes the best of it - cleaning up the cell, helping other prisoners with the problems if censored letters, and learning of the many injustices around her. Vera makes herself useful looking after Irene's dog Sidney, but she thinks she has to censor her own letters, which makes them more or less incomprehensible. Then one day, Irene receives shocking news. Vera has been arrested as well!

A combination of her daughter's drug habit and the misinterpretation of one of her letters to Irene led to a late night raid on Vera's house. The damage the police caused. But prison is quite bearable compared to the visits from Vera's daughter Lesley - now heavily pregnant and uncertain about the child's father.

Vera and Irene end up on the same Prison ship and are soon the life and soul of the community. It's not long till Christmas, so there's a production of Guys and Dolls to be staged, carols to be sung, cells to be decorated. Actually - prison can be quite fun. And you can look at the bad food as a really easy way to diet.