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After Colin Walcott drops dead at his birthday party his wife Tess and daughter Cat discover he had a long-term mistress Marilyn by whom he has a daughter Cath. An irate Tess throws out Colin's belongings whilst Cat is angry with boy-friend Marcus over a text he sent to another girl. When the two half-sisters meet there is an argument over where to scatter their father's ashes, leading to police intervention whilst they also learn he may have been having an affair with yet another woman.
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After Colin Walcott drops dead at his birthday party his wife Tess and daughter Cat discover he had a long-term mistress Marilyn by whom he has a daughter Cath. An irate Tess throws out Colin's belongings whilst Cat is angry with boy-friend Marcus over a text he sent to another girl. When the two half-sisters meet there is an argument over where to scatter their father's ashes, leading to police intervention whilst they also learn he may have been having an affair with yet another woman.
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Episode 1
Cathy and Cat cannot find their dad’s will and, at their joint birthday party, their mums war over which family their dead dad loved most.
Guest stars Rebecca Front, Amit Shah, Stephen Tompkinson, Sarah Kendall, Nicholas A. Newman, Clare Cameron, Simon Greenall, Zoe Matthews
Episode 2
Cathy is forced to take compassionate leave from work but can’t bear to tell Tess, so Cat lets Cathy hide at her house and throws her a party to cheer her up.
Guest stars Rebecca Front, Amit Shah, Zoe Matthews, Natalie Grady, Jag Sanghera, James Oates, Vivienne Acheampong, Eugene Collins
Episode 3
Cathy proposes they get Colin a memorial bench but, as Cat doesn’t have the money, she has to improvise. Cathy also agrees to teach Cat how to ride a bike, with disastrous results.
Guest stars Amit Shah, John Tueart, Louis Emerick, Jimmy Gallagher, Tina Harris, Malcolm Pitt, Chris Kerry, Danny Clifford
Episode 4
With her mum refusing to go, Cathy’s hen do invitees are Auntie Dawn, Marilyn, Cat and an old school friend. It doesn’t turn out to be the classy, edifying affair Cathy wanted.
Guest stars Danny Clifford, Tessie Orange-Turner, Caroline Quentin, Tessa Coates, Shalini Peiris, Georgia Frost, Zariah Bailey, Rhiannon Clements
Episode 5
It’s the night before the wedding but Cathy can’t enjoy her drink-up as she’s obsessed by a scuff on the wall Marcus made, and the sisters run in to Cat’s old school bully.
Guest stars Rebecca Front, Amit Shah, Stephen Tompkinson, Maddie Rice, Caroline Quentin, Rhiannon Clements, Silas Carson, Shobu Kapoor
Episode 6
Cat decides to take Cathy on their own sister honeymoon to cheer her up. Marilyn finds Colin’s missing will and, together with Tess, they need to tell the girls the shocking news.
Guest stars Rebecca Front, Sarah Kendall, Simon Greenall, Christopher Jeffers, Charlotte Ritchie, Hamish Gray, Jordan Murphy, Timothy Harker
Episode information updated Aug 16, 2026
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Ellie WhiteCathy Walcott
Lauren SochaCat Walcott
Siobhan FinneranMarilyn
Rebecca FrontTess Walcott
Amit ShahMarcus
Stephen TompkinsonMr. Shippen
Sarah KendallKelly
Nicholas A. NewmanMaitre d'
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