29 minSeason 3 • Episode 6
LatestSuze thinks that Jez is having an affair, so she gets Linda to go undercover to discover the truth. Meanwhile, Tom gets a part on the soap opera Crossroads. He plays a bellboy.
Linda La Hughes shares a flat with Tom Farrell. Linda is overweight, loudmouthed and not particularly attractive. She thinks she's gorgeous and irrestible, however. She's also sex mad and obsessed with men. Tom is an aspiring actor. He's got an agent, but finds it difficult to get parts. He doesn't like Linda much, in spite of (or perhaps because of) the fact that they share a flat. She isn't completely comfortable with his homosexuality, perhaps because she finds it difficult to live with a man who doesn't find her sexually attractive.
Writing
Jonathan Harvey's cruel, quotable dialogue—every line a weapon
Acting
Kathy Burke commits to Linda's delusion with terrifying conviction
Costume
Linda's outfits: crimes against fabric and self-awareness
Creator
Jonathan Harvey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kathy Burke based Linda partly on working-class women she grew up with in Islington, refusing to mock them while making them unforgettable.
Jonathan Harvey wrote this between Beautiful Thing and Our Lady of Blundellsands—Linda's voice shares DNA with Sandra from the film.
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