| The trilogy presents a comically fraught weekend from three different perspectives, as family and in laws gather at the decaying country home of their bedridden mother; the drink flows, and hidden enmities, intimate secrets and uncomfortable truths emerge through the veneer of jollity and civility. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Conti | Norman | 3 |
| Richard Briers | Reg | 3 |
| Penelope Wilton | Annie | 3 |
| David Troughton | Tom | 3 |
| Penelope Keith | Sarah | 3 |
| Fiona Walker | Ruth | 3 |