Sunshine (BBC Drama) DVD Review

Bob 'Bing' Crosby played by actor Steve Coogan has always been popular with friends and others around his area but he has a gambling problem, meaning he cannot resist the temptation to bet on horse races.[2][3]
Bernadette (Lisa Millett) is Bob's childhood friend who became his lover and is now the mother of their son Joe, played by actor Dominic Senior. While she has often been angered by her husband's casual gambling habits, she has always forgiven him. When Bob bets more money and the stakes are raised, he could lose everything, including the wife and son he loves.
At the end of the first episode, he bets his family's Disneyland fund on a 'dead cert' and loses it all. Bernadette kicks him out of the house, and he goes to sleep in the box room at his father's house.
Bernadette and Joe move to a flat due to the reduced living costs - they are unable to afford a house because of Bing's absence. Joe begins to save up to buy his father a television.
However, Bing steals this money to gamble. He returns home, and is confronted by his father. Bing reveals that he was unable to do it and returns the money. He admits that he has a gambling problem.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• sunshine
• drama
• steve
• coogan
• dominic
• senior
• bernard
• hill
• lisa
• milett
• phil
• mealey
• royle
• family
• alan
• partridge
• bbc

[xmg333]

Does anyone have the final scene(s)? I loved the show, and *SPOILER* just when they gor married, and Joe said something about Disney-world, the TV stopped working :'/

[BanterCat96]

Really underrated drama - deserves so much more recognition!