Developed from a pilot screening in ITV s 1995 Comedy Firsts season, this acclaimed sitcom casts Gwen Taylor as Barbara Liversidge, a blunt-talking, heftily opinionated, advice-giving, occasionally ranting Yorkshirewoman. Sam Kelly (Porridge) is Ted, Barbara s cab-driver husband of 35 years and a man who learned long ago to play second fiddle, while Sherrie Hewson (Coronation Street) is her nouveau-riche sister, Jean the victim of many a withering look and practised put-down; Mark Benton (Land Girls) stars as Barbara s son-in-law Martin Pond, a TV presenter with his very own show, Pond Life , and a fan club that now extends to two.