Spending My Inheritance
- Author Clive Coleman
- Narrator Kris Marshall, Raquel Cassidy, Kenneth Cranham, Judy Parfitt, Full Cast
- Publisher BBC Audio
- Publish Date 26 June 2025
- Run Time 2 hours and 44 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Family life fiction, Humorous fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships.
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What to expect
Kris Marshall stars as a broke forty-something, watching his newly retired parents spend their hard-earned cash…
What are cash-strapped 40-somethings like Harry (played by Kris Marshall) supposed to do when they see their cash-rich, equity-released parents spending all their inheritance? It doesn’t help that Harry’s rich brother seems to upstage him at every turn as he tries to make ends meet and support his family. As their father's 65th birthday approaches, and the money starts disappearing, Harry decides to see if he can ‘help’ them to change course…
Chortle out loud at this utterly relatable family comedy as Harry’s parents discover a love of online shopping - with all their spending on exercise machines and looking after themselves, his parents seem in better shape than he is! When Harry tries to steer his parents towards charity work instead of spending money, the consequences are farcical. Harry tries to find out if his mum and dad have made a will, tries to avoid a holiday he knows he has to go on and when a water pipe bursts it means Harry and his wife need a place to stay for the night…
This laugh out loud series features Kris Marshall (My Family, Love Actually, Death in Paradise) as Harry and also stars Antonia Thomas (Misfits, The Good Doctor, Lovesick).
Writer Clive Coleman is an English barrister turned journalist, who worked as the BBC News Legal Correspondent. He’s won the BBC Radio Light Entertainment Contract Writers Award for his screenwriting and wrote the BBC Radio sitcom Chambers, that became a hit TV series. He’s also worked with Alastair McGowan, Dawn French and Richard Bean on show such as Weekending, The News Huddlines, Spitting Image and Dead Ringers.
Cast and credits
Directed by Sam Hoyle
Written by Clive Coleman
Harry - Kris Marshall
Jo - Raquel Cassidy
Brian - Kenneth Cranham
Liz - Judy Parfitt
Jess - Antonia Thomas
Amanda/Assistant - Manjeet Mann
Boguslaw/PAul - Stephen Critchlow
Pizza Boy/Doctor - Inam Mirza
Richard - Chris Pavlo
David - Dan Starkey
Stuart - Malcolm Tierney
Mike - Robert Lonsdale
Jan/Fran - Jill Cardo
Nick - Jonathan Tafler
Ed/Simon - Gunnar Cauthery
Radio Correspondent - Clive Coleman
First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 17 Nov - 22 Dec 2008
©2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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