A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation

Staring Into The Fridge

A BBC Radio 4 kitchen comedy by Annie McCartney, starring James Nesbitt as the Fridge. ‘Staring into the Fridge’ was originally broadcast as the ‘Afternoon Play’ on 13 September 2010.  With two twenty-something children and a dubious boyfriend eating her out of house and home, Maggie (Annie McCartney) is beginning to lose the will to live. She feels she has no one to talk to or to listen. But all of that is about to change when she hears a voice speaking to her from the corner of the kitchen. It seems that the only one who understands her predicament is her Fridge (James Nesbitt). But unlike poor beleaguered Maggie, this Fridge has got 'attitude' and is determined to help her get her life back on track!  Also stars Marcella Riordan, Mark Lambert, Katy Gleadhill, Jonathan Harden and Richard Orr. Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan.

Annie McCartney

Stella McCusker

Full Cast

Marcella Riordan

Gerard Murphy

Sean Rafferty

Eddie Mcllwaine

Gerry Anderson

Frances Tomelty

A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama

All three series of the BBC radio sitcom about the people of Marlborough Road, Belfast 
 
The bohemian inhabitants of Marlborough Road lead lives of barely-contained chaos, full of demands, distractions and domestic dramas. Fortunately, they have one person they can count on when things go wrong - Sally, their cleaning lady-cum-therapist. 
 
When highly-strung Clare at Number 25 gets in a flap over a dinner guest, or needs a babysitter for her free-range children, Sally steps in. Saffron, the multi-tasking New Age mum at Number 27, would be lost without Sally, and two doors down at Number 29, Miss Edith Black relies on Sally's help when it comes to sorting out authentic Victorian railings for her lodging house (and dealing with her eccentric lodgers, Ulster-Scots poet Victor McVitie and handsome opera star Fintan Fanning). 
 
Reliable and unflappable, Sally is always there to keep everything in order in this Belfast street. But what will happen to the residents if she decides to leave them? 
 
Written by bestselling novelist and playwright Annie McCartney, this sparkling comedy series stars Frances Tomelty and Stella McCusker as Sally, with guest stars including Gerry Anderson, Sean Rafferty and Eddie McIlwaine as themselves. 
 
 
Production credits 
Written by Annie McCartney 
Produced and directed by Tanya Nash 
 
Production credits 
Written by Annie McCartney 
Produced and directed by Tanya Nash 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 16 February-9 March 2001 (Series 1), 26 July-16 August 2002 (Series 2), 19 September-10 October 2003 (Series 3) 
 
Cast 
Sally - Frances Tomelty/Stella McCusker 
Clare - Marcella Riordan 
Fintan - Gerard Murphy 
Evie - Katy Gleadhill 
Anna - Bethan Lloyd 
Simon - Patrick Gleadhill/Lloyd Houston 
Trevor - Gerard McSorley/Des McAleer 
Miss Black - Roma Tomelty 
Victor - Alan McKee 
Saffron - Ali White 
Tony - Robert Patterson 
Layla - Emily Walmsley/Eadaoin Hegarty 
Ben - Joel McElnay/Conor Hinds 
Sam - Alfie Lloyd 
Fidelma - Aine McCartney 
Anna/Posy - Hannah R Gordon 
Anashuya - Laura Hughes 
Rory - Richard Clements 
Gervase - James Greene 
Student - Raymond Lau 
With Gerry Anderson, Sean Rafferty and Eddie McIlwaine as themselves

Annie McCartney

Books by Annie McCartney

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