Objects of Affection

Season 1

Five monologues tell the stories of several different repressed souls: a mentally handicapped woman, a deteriorating clerical worker, a lonely older man, a tattoo enthusiast, an inexperienced social worker, and her unsatisfied clients.

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6 Episodes

Our Winnie
E1
Our WinnieIt is a nice little run out to the cemetery and nephew Eric generally takes Cora, Winnie and Aunty Ida up there in the Capri, but Eric's got on with this sub-aqua and the cemetery's over-run with art students. To cap it all, Winnie will keep running off.
A Woman of No Importance
E2
A Woman of No ImportanceWhat do Miss Schofield and ' the gang' find to talk about at their table in the canteen? Yesterday they were discussing the nasty rash Pauline Lucas's mother keeps getting on her elbows and there was quite a lively discussion about runner beans as part of a calorie-controlled diet. Miss Schofield puts her social success down to the fact that she doesn't talk about herself and she laughs, of course. She always laughs.
A Day Out
E3
A Day Out'Grown men gadding off on bikes,' says Mrs Shorter. And on this Sunday in spring of 1911 the members of a cycling club escape from their womenfolk for a run in the country. Mr Shuttleworth has a puncture, Ernest has a paddle and Edgar a little fling. Then they go home. Why should things ever change?
Rolling Home
E4
Rolling HomeWhat with little Stephen doing his O-levels and Molly and Harold up night after night, Dad has ended up in a corporation home. There's a choice of puddings and the grounds are tip-top, but Dad simply gazes at the outside wall. What's on the other side of it, the nice nurse, knows, but he's not telling.
Marks
E5
MarksLes is an old-fashioned boy but very handy about the house: Hoovering, ironing ... he has all that at his fingertips. His mother wants him to make his mark in the world, and he does make his mark but not where she had hoped.
Say Something Happened
E6
Say Something HappenedMrs Rhodes is busy staring out of the window while Mr Rhodes is just about to look up Helsinki when they have a caller. It's a social worker come to pester them about hypothermia, what else? Mr and Mrs Rhodes have a Dimplex, but they aren't good mixers, but then June isn't a very good social worker.