Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge star in this popular follow-up to Radio 4's Ladies of Letters and Ladies of More Letters.

Patricia Routledge is Vera Small and Prunella Scales is her bosom buddy Irene Spencer. The two keep up a regular correspondence and now, with the advent of e-mail, the ladies of letters can communicate daily.

There are the usual domestic mishaps to fret about: Irene's daughter Lesley is refusing to marry the worthy but boring Brian; Vera's exhausted daughter Karen has abandoned her third baby at the hospital and eloped with a male nurse; and Vera's gay son Howard and his partner Anthony are trying for a baby--with the help of a surrogate mother and a television crew.

As Irene and Vera fall in and out of friendship they accuse each other of everything from alcoholism to mental illness (but only in a loving, caring way, of course). Their hilarious put-downs and gossip give a wonderful insight into the trials of modern family life.