Deception, fraud and family drama\u2026 this family has a secret – now they just have to keep it.<\/p>\n
Dawn French plays widow Debbie Fendon – granny, lawn bowler, tinpot dictator – who will stop at nothing to make sure her family\u2019s protected. Unfortunately, most of the time the person they really need protecting from is her. When her hermit-like husband William (Mark Heap) unexpectedly dies, she makes an outlandish decision that will put the family under more pressure than ever before.<\/p>\n
Because Debbie isn\u2019t actually a widow and William didn\u2019t really die \u2013 he was just mistakenly declared dead and the two retirees found themselves staring down the barrel of an opportunity too good to pass up. Just a few months hiding out in the loft waiting for the life insurance to pay out and then they can live out their golden years in peace.<\/p>\n
This all proves a bit much for their easily frazzled son Harry (Craig Roberts \u2013 Submarine, The Fundamentals of Caring) who – despite his emotional shortcomings – has managed to acquire a family of his own and a potentially life-changing insurance payout from his father\u2019s \u2018death\u2019. What\u2019s especially tricky for Harry is that his pathologically pragmatic wife Neha (Mandip Gill \u2013 Doctor Who, This Time Next Year) is a local police officer and, if she finds out about her in-laws\u2019 fraudulent ways, the Fendons might have an issue.<\/p>\n
Clearly Harry \u2013 reunited with a dad he\u2019s just buried and the reality that his parents have turned into a pensioner version of Bonnie and Clyde \u2013 suddenly has a lot more to juggle. Sandwiched between two generations of toddlers, he finds himself navigating a very common stage of life – only this time, it\u2019s criminal.<\/p>\n
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