Big little lies

Dawn French plays a shrewd retiree with something to hide in a colourful comedy...

- CAREN CLARK, STEVEN PERKINS.

A no-nonsense grandmother attempts to carry out an outlandish fraud in BBC1 sitcom Can You Keep a Secret? The six-parter sees Dawn French play brusque West Country retiree Debbie Fendon, whose husband William (Mark Heap) has accidentally been declared dead by their useless GP. But Debbie realises that if he remains officially deceased and hides in their loft, they can claim the insurance money..