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Stairway to Heaven

For Gillian, living with her daughter, her mother, and her beloved dog is a constant balancing act. Stars Paola Dionisotti.

Gillian lives with her nineteen-year-old daughter and eighty-nine-year-old mother and her beloved boxer dog.

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

The art of ascent and descent is under secret discussion....

Starring Paola Dionisotti as Gillian.

Series based on the original stories by Michele Hanson.

Omnibus of five episodes.

Gillian .... Paola Dionisotti
Bernice .... Edna Doré
Chloe .... Luisa Bradshaw-White
Rosemary .... Angela Down
Tanya .... Alison Pettitt
Lift Workman .... David Antrobus
Olga .... Frances Jeater
Kathy ... Tilly Vosburgh
Herbie ... Geoffrey Whitehead
Esther .... Ann Beach
Lift Workman/Care Asst .... David Antrobus
Man in Day Care Centre .... Geoffrey Whitehead
Boyfriend .... John Rowe
Programme Voice .... Geoffrey Whitehead

Written by Michele Hanson and Jenny Landreth.

Director: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.

1 hour, 10 minutes

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Next Sunday08:50
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