Pam Ayres In Potting On

By: Christoper Thompson, Pam Ayres, Peter Reynolds

Narrated by: Full Cast, Geoffrey Whitehead, Pam Ayres

Pam and Gordon Grant are a couple at odds running a rural garden centre. While Pam still feels young and is determined to avoid the slippery slope into middle-age, Gordon seems keen to dive in - slippers first. Pam’s ally at the garden centre is teenager Carol, a girl more than happy to speak her mind. If only, Gordon complains, there was something in her peroxide head apart from boob jobs, alco-pops, Johnny Depp and bronzed chests smothered in baby oil... Naïve deputy manager Dave, though older than Carol, is smitten. Luckily, he has Pam to advise him on the route to Carol’s heart: like pointing out that metal detecting is NOT a good idea for a hot date! And how could the garden centre survive without the ancient and, quite frankly, bizarre Roy, the highly inaccurate singer of pop songs and runner-up in the Gloucester beauty pageant? Will Pam’s last fling at life, adventure and fun overcome Gordon’s passion for comfortable trousers, caravanning and penny-pinching? Let battle among the begonias commence!©2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd; (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd

A Great Way to Spend Time in the Garden

If you could sum up Potting On in three words, what would they be?

Delightful, Good Natured, Easy

What did you like best about this story?

The characters were all quite different which helped create entertaining conflict without being mean spirited or negative. The stories were accessible, everyday ordeals that would try anyone but with the lovely addition of great humor.

What does Pam Ayres and Geoffrey Whitehead bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The accents are so much fun for me as an American. They sound like a working class woman and an upper class man which is a delightful additional counterpoint to their personalities; She is hard working and fun loving while he is lazy and self adsorbed. They obviously love each other, though, which makes it much easier to laugh at them.

Any additional comments?

I hope Audible will add additional series of Potting On soon.