Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge return as the sparring correspondents of BBC Radio 4's hit comedy series.

On/off bosom pals Vera Small and Irene Spencer are battling valiantly to keep up with technology. Having long tidied away their pens and paper in favour of e-mail correspondence, they now find themselves entering another sphere of New Media: cable TV. Vera's recent success, in the fly-on-the-wall documentary A Life With Sheep, has led to her bagging the host's seat on new morning chat show Dales Diaries. Needless to say, the enterprise isn't without teething troubles - not least of which is the search for an ideal co-host...

Meanwhile, Irene's joyful reunion with her long-lost offspring Christopher - and his succession of flashy motor cars - looks set to be soured by one overseas trip too many whilst, over at Sheepdippers Shed, Vera's own beloved son and his partner Anthony are expecting the patter of tiny surrogate feet any time now. But when the big day arrives, who will be on hand to oversee delivery? This latest round of hectic correspondence brings familial mayhem, celebrity sparring, drink, drugs, adultery and criminal conviction firmly into the public arena, and reveals some stark home truths ~ many of them live on air.