Episode 1 S01E01
It's 1964 and Blackpool factory worker Barbara Parker sets off for London on a mission to reinvent herself and find her voice in the male-dominated world of the sitcom.
Series Cast

Gemma Arterton
Barbara Parker / Sophie Straw

Arsher Ali
Dennis Mahindra

Tom Bateman
Clive Richardson

Rupert Everett
Brian Debehnam

David Threlfall
George Parker

Rosie Cavaliero
Aunty Marie Parker

Alexa Davies
Marjorie Harrison

Leo Bill
Tony Holmes

Matthew Beard
Bill Gardiner

Alistair Petrie
Ted Sargent

Morwenna Banks
Patsy Debenham

Clare-Hope Ashitey
Diane Lewis

Emily Grace Bevan
Edith Mahindra

Rosa Coduri-Fulford
Polly