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The one thing that really cheers up the aging Carys (Barbara Flynn) and makes her feel like her 鈥渙ld self鈥� is watching Christmas movies, and it certainly makes life easier for her daughter Meg (Melody Grove). But by the time you have watched Elf four times in a month you start to question your sanity.

Indeed the whole Christmas business makes Carys鈥� other daughter Sarah (Jane Slavin) despair, and only serves to underline her belief that Carys would be better served by professional care in a home.

But how are they going to pay for it without cashing in the one asset Sarah and Meg had been relying on to dig them out of their deepening debt crises.

As part of Radio 4鈥檚 ongoing From fact to Fiction series, in which writers create a fictional response to topical events, Viv Groskop draws inspiration from the recent Social Care Bill and imagines its effects on a typical British family.

Cast:
Carys Barbara Flynn
Meg Melody Grove
Sarah Jane Slavin
Kasia Viv Groskop
Hilary Pamela Miles

Written by Viv Groskop
Director: Eoin O鈥機allaghan
A Big Fish Radio production for Radio 4