David Tennant and Sarah Alexander star as multi-married exes in a shared
parenting radio comedy, written by Marcella Evaristi and directed by Marilyn Imrie. The Gobetweenies is a candid look at
contemporary family through the prism of two North London siblings, Lucy and Tom, as they schlep between their determinedly
hands-on parents. Joe can't take being a "once a fortnight" dad. Lucy is excited about exploring surrealism, Tom is obsessively
counting sultanas and their mum, Mimi, is desperate for her third attempt at married life to get started. But the children's
father, Joe, has come to a decision that will change all their lives.
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Lucy is excited about exploring surrealism, Tom is obsessively counting sultanas and their mum Mimi
is desperate for her third attempt at married life to get started --- but the children‟s father Joe has come to a decision
that will changes their all their lives . . .
Sniffing Stevie And The Gym Horse
Tom feels guilty about not wanting to befriend a boy with a permanent snot bubble, and his parents'
mixed messages don't help, meanwhile a visit to a tattoo parlour gives Lucy a great idea about getting some attention –
and Joe finds a new job.
Commendation And Competition
After Lucy's success in the art class she is keen to attend her dad's current exhibition, but Joe has
just started work as a painter and decorator and weirdly doesn't want to go. Meanwhile Mimi is stuck as usual with snide Helen,
the conniving mother of Lucy's best pal. So why is Helen pretending to find Tom's lame jokes such a hoot?
Befriending Freddie
Mimi is desperate to bring the kids to New York for the premiere of her new husband's play but Tom
has made a new best friend and wants to stay home and Lucy is refusing to miss her bf's birthday party. Mimi and Joe do mutually
supportive shared parenting --- so her ex is bound to back her up isn't he? |
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RADIO 4 COMEDY ROLE:
David has recently starred
as Joe in The Gobetweenies, a new Radio 4 comedy about shared parenting. You can find out more about it and download episodes
in The Gobetweenies section.
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RELATED REVIEWS:
- "...It could be classed as Outnumbered for Radio but that would be doing a disservice to a nuanced
comic take on life amongst the chattering classes..."
David Crawford, Radio
Times
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"... a comedy that
draws successfully upon a recognisably real world for its laughs..."
Mail On Sunday
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"... an entertaining
view of a contemporary family..."
The Observer
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"This comedy by Marcella
Evaristi shows every sign of being neatly drawn from life"
Gillian Reynolds The Telegraph |
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