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Radio Times
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Review by:
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Jack Seale
Having set an unreachable standard in the previous two episodes, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton ease off a bit here, delivering a tale that's as brilliantly acted and constructed as you'd expect, with several sublime moments – but no knockout blow.
Tamsin Greig plays a friendly but efficient representative of a charity that makes wishes come true for terminally ill children. She brings an Enrique Iglesias-ish pop star to a suburban house. When the visit goes wrong, she and the dying girl's parents (Pemberton and Sophie Thompson) are tempted to take advantage. It's a slight, silly story that can't go anywhere and doesn't. Flawless execution rescues it.
About this programme
4/6. Jan and Graham's daughter Tamsin is an extremely unwell little girl, so they ask a children's charity to brighten up her ninth birthday. On the day of her party, Sally from WishmakerUK arrives with renowned singer Frankie J Parsons in tow, but events soon take a sinister turn. Starring Steve Pemberton, Sophie Thompson, Tamsin Greig and David Bedella.
Cast and crew
Cast
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Graham
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Steve Pemberton
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Jan
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Sophie Thompson
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Tamsin
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Lucy Hutchinson
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Frankie J Parsons
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David Bedella
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Sally
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Tamsin Greig
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Si
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Adam Deacon
Crew
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Director
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David Kerr
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Producer
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Adam Tandy
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Writer
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Steve Pemberton
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Writer
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Reece Shearsmith
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