Marcella Evaristi

David Tennant

Mark Bonnar

Full Cast

Sarah Alexander

Phoebe Abbott

Finlay Christie

A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama

David Tennant, Sarah Alexander and Mark Bonnar star in all three series of the bittersweet comedy about shared parenting 
 
'Razor-sharp dialogue, disarming charm and excellent cast' - Radio Times 
 
Tangled love lives, secret affairs, frozen eggs and roving eyes - it's time to meet the Millers! 
 
The Go-Betweenies takes a candid look at a divorced North London family through the prism of two siblings (14-year-old Lucy and 10-year-old Tom) who schlep with varying degrees of enthusiasm between two sets of homes: Mum's comfy Highgate house and Dad's rackety new rental on the Holloway Road. 
 
Mimi and Joe are determined to be double, not single, parents: supportive, hands-on and as good as any traditional set-up - and with five divorces between them, they've certainly had enough practice. Joe's given up the booze and done the Twelve Steps, and Mimi's hoping her third marriage, to American playwright Harry, will soon get started. It's all going wonderfully well - so why is Lucy hopped up on energy drinks, while Tom's obsessed with counting sultanas? 
 
As the kids deal with befriending losers, unfortunate crushes, heartbreak and existential crises, their parents find themselves grappling with their feelings for each other - not to mention a new, hairy Gobetweenie... 
 
Written by Marcella Evaristi, The Go-Betweenies stars David Tennant and Mark Bonnar as Joe, Sarah Alexander as Mimi, Phoebe Abbott as Lucy and Finlay Christie as Tom, with a fantastic ensemble cast including Stuart Milligan, Morwenna Banks, Doon Mackichan, David Troughton and Charlotte Ritchie. 
 
Written by Marcella Evaristi 
Produced by Gordon Kennedy 
Directed by Marilyn Imrie 
An Absolutely Production for BBC Radio 4 
 
Cast 
Joe - David Tennant (Series 1)/Mark Bonnar (Series 2 & 3) 
Mimi - Sarah Alexander 
Tom - Finlay Christie 
Lucy - Phoebe Abbott 
Harry - Stuart Milligan 
Bobby - Stephen Critchlow 
Stevie - Ben Baker 
Ms Smart - Morwenna Banks 
Donald - Gordon Kennedy 
Katy - Ophelia Davidson (Series 1 & 2)/Jenna Cook (Series 3) 
Helen - Tracy-Ann Oberman 
Jennifer - Emily Bruni 
Freddie - Oliver Dillon (Series 1 & 2)/Harry Nowell (Series 3) 
William - Nicky Henson 
Chris/Older Tom - Daniel Boyd 
Sophia - Juliet Cadzow 
Vicky - Doon Mackichan 
Harry - Guy Paul 
Ruth - Valerie Cutko 
Mr Thompson - David Troughton 
Tuberose - Charlotte Ritchie 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 6 May-27 May 2011 (Series 1), 6 July-10 August 2012 (Series 2), 18 October-22 November 2013 (Series 3) 
 
© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Marcella Evaristi

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