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 best-selling 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, 16th February-9th March 2001 (Series 1), 26th July-16th August 2002 (Series 2), 19th September-10th 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.