4. Installation

Gillian’s secret stairlift plan is finally happening.

But will she be able to keep her mother away long enough?

Gillian lives with her 19-year-old daughter and 89-year-old mother plus her beloved boxer dog.

Life is a constant balancing act, lived in the eye of the storm.

Starring Paola Dionisotti as Gillian.

Series based on the original stories by Michele Hanson.

Written by Michele Hanson and Jenny Landreth.

Chloe .... Luisa Bradshaw-White
Gillian .... Paola Dionisotti
Bernice .... Edna Doré
Esther .... Ann Beach
Lift Workman/Care Asst .... David Antrobus
Man in Day Care Centre .... Geoffrey Whitehead

Director: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.