- Radio Times
- Review by:
- David Butcher
I could be wrong but I think the message Ricky Gervais wants us to take away from this episode is that selfishness is a bad thing. It’s a sentiment rammed home in every other scene and backed up with nuclear levels of Coldplay. As the old folk go for a trip to the seaside, sweet, selfless Hannah stays behind, because someone has to help a new resident settle in. Then the week’s glaring baddie hoves into view as a snooty relative (a former schoolmate of Hannah) daring to sneer at her job.
Would anyone, however self-centred, walk into a care home and sneer at the staff for being failures? Luckily, there are better helpings of comedy at the beach.
About this programme
4/6. The retirement-home worker decides to sell some of his autographs, but struggles to remember who they belong to. Meanwhile, as a few of the residents enjoy an afternoon in the sun at the beach, manager Hannah stays behind to welcome a newcomer, and ends up wondering whether her life has turned out as she imagined. Comedy drama, written by and starring Ricky Gervais.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Derek
- Ricky Gervais
- Hannah
- Kerry Godliman
- Dougie
- Karl Pilkington
- Kev
- David Earl
- Rebecca
- Susannah Wise
- Rebecca's mum
- Laura June Hudson
- Vicky
- Holli Dempsey
- Lizzie
- Kaye Noone
- Jack
- Tim Barlow
- Arthur
- Arthur Nightingale
- Sheila
- Sheila Collings
- Edna
- Margaret Towner
- Prem
- Prem Modgil
- Joe
- Barry Martin
- Precious
- Blanche Williams
- Annie
- Ninette Finch
- Autograph expert
- Tom Basden
Crew
- Director
- Ricky Gervais
- Executive Producer
- Ricky Gervais
- Series Producer
- Charlie Hanson
- Writer
- Ricky Gervais
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