Keeping Mum

Keeping Mum is more about the long-suffering Andrew, Martin Ball plays this role with loving tender annoyance towards this Mum, played by Peggy Cole.Mum is not so senile as one may be led to believe. She is busy discovering new ways to keep Andrew home and to herself. Thus, rather than thinking that the show is exhibiting the elderly as scatterbrain and having to depend on others, I like to think of it as 'don't underestimate your elders, they are smarter than you think'.

Oh ha ha!! lets laugh our faces off at a little old lady that cannot even remember the most basic things. Why should we just laugh at the indignity of becoming old and senile so that you have to rely upon others to live.

The acting is of a high standard, with excellent Stephanie Cole as Peggy. She plays the part convincingly and does put a miniscule amount of humour into the show. Meera Syal is also entertaining as that moaning daughter-in-law Tina who always has a "meeeeeeeegraaaaaain!"

In overall a fine cast playing in a program which sadly peaked on pre-broadcast adverts.