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2013 · Ended · 1 season · 6 episodes · Comedy · United Kingdom

Creator Sue Perkins · Channel BBC Two · Starring Sue Perkins, Shelley Conn, Nicola Walker

Sara is a woman approaching middle age who is popular and successful - she's a veterinarian so skilled that she can spay a tortoise using just one hand - but has a chink in her armour: she's afraid to tell her parents that she is a lesbian. So on the eve of her 40th birthday, friends Jamie and Justine give Sara an ultimatum - either tell her parents next time mum and dad visit or they will.
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6 episodes · February 2013 – April 2013
  1. Episode 1: Episode 1February 26, 2013
    Sara is about to turn 40, and life is not as she imagined it would be. Whether it's making urgent funeral arrangements for a dead cat, lying about her personal life to placate her anxious mother, or getting into trouble with a netball referee, Sara's life is reaching tipping point and something's got to give. Much to Sara's dismay, it seems her friends are arranging a 'surprise' birthday party, but what she doesn't know is that they're about to set her a dramatic ultimatum.
  2. Episode 2: Episode 2March 5, 2013
    Sara embarks on her course of life coaching with the eccentric Toria, but a hypnosis session has some unfortunate consequences for Justine. Daniel is feeling undervalued at work, and a disagreement with Sara turns into a full-blown vendetta on the paintball battlefield. And Sara's offer to help a distressed woman in a custody battle for her dog, leads Sara to meet Dutch action hero Kip Schwitzendorf.
  3. Episode 3: Episode 3March 12, 2013
    Sara's ex-girlfriend Sabine turns up unexpectedly, throwing Sara's life into disarray. Eve seems keen to take her relationship with Sara further but Sabine's intervention throws a spanner in the works. Jamie is having a masculinity crisis and Daniel offers to rectify this with his own unique brand of machismo.
  4. Episode 4: Episode 4March 19, 2013
    A veterinary inspector calls at the surgery, forcing Sara to get help from an unlikely source. A Russian woman gives Sara an ultimatum to arouse her dog and Daniel spends some quality time with the ladies.
  5. Episode 5: Episode 5March 26, 2013
    Sara and the gang go to Toria's spooky family home, for a practice exercise in which Sara must come out to Toria's parents. Toria is forced to face her own fears, and Jamie and Justine share an intimate moment.
  6. Episode 6: Episode 6April 2, 2013
    It's time for Sara to come out to her parents. Toria issues her with a lucky charm to bring good fortune, but it seems Sara's luck may be about to run out.

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EPISODE LENGTH
28 minutes
FIRST AIRED
February 26, 2013
LAST AIRED
April 2, 2013
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Red Production Company

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