Cooking in a Bedsitter: The Complete Series 1 and 2

Synopsis

Both series of the engaging romantic comedy set in a 1960s bedsit, inspired by Katharine Whitehorn's cookery classicIt’s 1964, and 22-year-old Trisha moves into a West Hampstead bedsitter to escape her controlling suburban parents and her boring fiancé, Keith. She’s determined to make it as a swinging, get-ahead girl-about-town, but finds herself struggling with homesickness, loneliness and the challenges of cooking a decent meal on a single gas ring.Then she rescues a grotty wardrobe from her landlady’s attic, and it yields a surprising treasure – a copy of Cooking in a Bedsitter, which becomes her bible. Soon, she’s rustling up tasty treats for dinner parties and double dates – aided by Deepak, the dishy young medical student from across the landing.He introduces her to the delights of aloo pakora, she surprises him with a picnic at the seaside – but when their burgeoning relationship is snuffed out by Trisha’s parents, she moves on, to a different bedsit and a new man. She’s definitely over Deepak: or is she? If she wants him back, she’ll have to move fast – before he heads out of her life forever...Written by Sue Teddern (soloparentpals.com), and interspersed with recipes and extracts from Katharine Whitehorn’s original book, this appetising romcom stars Beattie Edmondson and Nikesh Patel.Production creditsWritten by Sue TeddernInspired by Cooking in a Bedsitter by Katharine WhitehornExtracts from Cooking in a Bedsitter read by Karen Bartke and Eleanor BronDirected by Emma HardingCastTrisha – Beattie EdmondsonDeepak – Nikesh PatelJune – Alison Belbin/Ellie DarvillLen – John Bowler/Rupert Holliday-EvansTony – John DougallKatharine Whitehorn – Karen Bartke/Eleanor BronJill – Natasha CowleyKeith/Mike – Finlay RobertsonThe Hunk/Stuart – Luke MacGregorMale Guest/Big Nev – Gavi Singh CheraFemale Guest/Sal – Catriona McFarlaneMoira – Isabella InchbaldRobert – Clive HaywardKarl – Adam FitzgeraldJulie/Clare/Susie – Abbie AndrewsPoliceman – Neil McCaulMalcolm – Gary DuncanErrol – Tayla Kovacevic-EbongFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 28 Nov-19 Dec 2016 (series 1) and 4 Dec-25 Dec 2017 (series 2).© 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd