8 años

The relationships between two sets of old friends are put to the test when secrets, lies, and hidden agendas begin to come to surface.

After the death of her mother, 35-year old Maybelle Garris must learn to live for herself, as a gay women in the south, who's still in love with her best friend from High School.

The story revolves around identical twin sisters, Aruna and Seema, who are poles apart. They come from a middle-class family. Aruna is a shy, simple, down-to-earth and soft-spoken girl, whereas Seema is bold, daring, modern and outgoing. Seema is more educated than Aruna. Aruna dreams of a simple married life with a loving husband, but Seema wants an extremely rich husband, who can provide her a luxurious life with all the riches. Jayapal is the son of a business magnate, Gangadhar, and is heir to millions, but he is an arrogant, spoiled womaniser. Aruna works in the town, while Seema is unemployed and enjoys life. Seema likes Jayapal because he is wealthy, but Jayapal falls in love with Aruna. He does not know that Seema and Aruna are twins. Jayapal proposes to Aruna and they decide to marry, but Jayapal's stepmother, Lalitha Bhai, poisons Jayapal's mind against Aruna and stops him from marrying her. Meanwhile, Seema marries Mohanan, a friendly and nice man. Later, under dire circumstances, Jayapal and Aruna are forced to marry each other. Aruna still loves Jayapal, but he hates her and has turned into a drunk womaniser again. Jayapal and Lalitha abuse and torture the meek Aruna, until Seema in disguise as Aruna fights back. The story is about how Aruna wins back Jayapal's love and reforms him with the help of her sister Seema and father-in-law Gangadhara Menon. Lalitha Bhai is put out of the house. Later, Aruna and Jayapal have a son, Chandru. Seema and Mohanan have a daughter, Haritha. Aruna and her son are arrogant because of their wealthy lifestyle but later reform. Lalitha Bai uses Chandru to get back into JP's house. Then a series of plots and melodrama begins again. She puts the whole family in trouble by making Chandru a spoiled brat. After so many fights between Seema and Lalitha Bai, Seema wins at last. Lalitha Bai is suffering from cancer and is fighting death. In the climax, Lalitha Bai becomes good but dies while Aruna gives birth to her second child.

Until five months ago, Liz was a hard-nosed child-protection social worker. Today she doesn't know who she is, except that she's on suspension, hiding from the press, dosed up on SSRIs ... and that there's someone shouting her name in the supermarket. It's an irony of child protection, that if you've been a social worker long enough to remove two children from a woman at birth, that means you may be the one constant in her life she can trust. So when Tamsin tracks down her old social worker Liz for help, she doesn't care that Liz is on suspension and forbidden from talking to her. Or that Liz is the current hate figure of the national press, after the violent death of a child on her caseload. Tamsin just wants help. Should Liz ignore her? Or is time to break the rules? Claire Skinner is best known to TV viewers as harassed mum Sue in Outnumbered, but her wide-ranging career includes long associations with Mike Leigh, Alan Ayckbourn, and Sam Mendes. Lacey Turner won a fistful of awards for her portrayal of EastEnders' Stacey Slater over 6 years, and recent TV work includes starring in True Love and Our Girl. Martin Jameson is a prolific screenwriter, director and playwright whose recent work on Radio 4 includes Can You Tell Me The Name Of The Prime Minister?, The Night They Tried To Kidnap The Prime Minister and Stone. Written in five parts by Martin Jameson. Liz Beecham ...... Claire Skinner Tamsin Geraghty ...... Lacey Turner Clive Beecham ...... Michael Bertenshaw Maureen Beecham ...... Christine Absalom Justin ...... Jerome Holder Chloe ...... Hannah Wood Director: Jonquil Panting. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2013.