Dawn French and Mark Heap lead BBC One sitcom Can You Keep a Secret?

Dawn French and Mark Heap star in a new sitcom, Can You Keep a Secret?, which airs at 9.30pm on BBC One.

The series is created and written by Simon Mayhew-Archer (producer of This Country and Such Brave Girls) and directed by Simon Hynd (Ghosts, Motherland). Recently widowed Debbie Fendon (Dawn French) needs to confess a secret to her grownup son Harry (Craig Roberts): his oddball father William (Mark Heap) isn’t actually dead — he’s hiding in the house after his £250,000 life insurance came through. The plot also involves a widows’ club popping round to support Debbie.

Reviewer Hollie Richardson says to expect "kooky hijinks and stupidly hilarious one-liners" as the show explores whether Harry will keep the family secret and whether they can get away with the deception.

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Culture, Dawn French, Mark Heap, Simon Mayhew-archer, Simon Hynd, Craig Roberts