138 - Time Of My Life (1999)

By ALAN AYCKBOURN
The Strattons are big in transport and leisure centres; but they have spawned two hopeless sons, and family and then the recession hits them. Gerry Stratton has arranged a party at the family's favourite restaurant to celebrate his wife's 54th birthday; roving son Glyn has patched up his failing marriage with Stephanie to please his parents, and home-boy Adam has brought along his new girl, Maureen.

137 - We Found Love And An Exquisite Set Of Porcelain Figurines Aboard The SS Farndale Avenue (1999)

By DAVID MCGILLVRAY & WALTER ZERLIN JNR
The stalwart veterans of the Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society are poised to conquer yet another dramatic idiom. In romantic vein, with their latest production set aboard the luxury ocean-going liner SS Farndale Avenue for their excursion into the world of thirties musical comedy a la Noel and Gertie, the ladies prove that the age of elegance, glamour and enchantment is not dead... well, not quite anyway. Unfortunately, circumstances almost beyond their control threaten to wreck the evening's entertainment: Stage Manager Gordon who manages almost everything from Flapper to Noel Nightingale, playwright extraordinaire, but never quite the stage; and a double-booked venue that requires all Mrs Reece's resources to rid them of a persistent DJ.
Nonetheless the ladies and Gordon, in true Farndale form, soar above such mudane matters to present a couple of catchy numbers and a stunning underwater sequence!

This is one of the 'Farndale Avenue' comedies. Others were
1. The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery (Peformed in 1988)
2. Chase Me Up Farndale Avenue, S'll vous plait (Not performed by us)
3. The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of Macbeth (Not Performed by us)
4. The Haunted Through Lounge and Recessed Dining Nook at Farndale Castle (Performed in 1996)
5. They Came from Mars and Landed Outside the Farndale Church Hall in Time for the Townswomen's Guild's Coffee Morning (Performed in 1990)
6. The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of A Christmas Carol (Not Performed by us)
8. The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Operatic Society's Production of The Mikado (Not Performed by us)

136 - Building Blocks (1998)

By BOB LARBEY
Jim and Mary Baxter are in the middle of one of life's major traumas - they are having an extension built on to their house. A great deal of their time is taken up with negotiating with the builder, the charming but evasive David, who seems to have put them very low down on his list of priorities and is alarmingly adept at creating elaborate excuses for his firm's shortcomings. The relationship between the Baxters becomes increasingly strained as David's machinations slow the progress of their extension and make unwilling participants of the bricklayers and carpenter in the ensuing struggle.