{"product_id":"book-iks2","title":"Any Bloke: The Complete Series 1 and 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassic radio comedy from the BBC starring Caroline Quentin and Jim Sweeney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife for supply teacher, Phil (\u003cb\u003eJim Sweeney\u003c\/b\u003e), is turned upside down when his wife, Sarah (\u003cb\u003eCaroline Quentin\u003c\/b\u003e) is offered a new job. Phil agrees to give up work and become a stay-at-home dad to daughter Sophie - after all, how hard can it be?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhil quickly realises parenthood isn’t all coffee mornings and cake. He has to grapple with playgroups (when he can find them), new friends (some a little more ‘out there’ than others), a ‘helpful’ mother-in-law (she isn’t) and when Sarah goes to Paris with work, can Phil contain his jealousy? Listen and laugh as Phil and Sarah try to navigate their middle-class angst and new family dynamics with hilarious results. Just when Phil thinks he’s getting the hang of things, Sarah has big news… And events really end with a bang!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaroline Quentin rose to fame playing Dorothy in \u003ci\u003eMen Behaving Badly\u003c\/i\u003e, went to star in \u003ci\u003eJonathan Creek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBridgerton\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMidsomer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMurders\u003c\/i\u003e, and competed in \u003ci\u003eStrictly Come Dancing\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a keen gardener and was featured in the Chelsea Flower Show. Jim Sweeney is a comedian and member of the Comedy Store Players best known for his improvisation on TV and radio with fellow comedians Josie Lawrence and Paul Merton. 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