Ruby and Rata

An Old Lady, A Would-Be Rock Singer, And A Delinquent Child... With More In Common Than They Realise.

Ruby (Yvonne Lawley), an 83 year old trying to dodge a retirement home, rents a room to Rata, a solo mum with sidelines in music and benefit fraud. Rata's son is into arson and shoplifting, while Ruby's nephew (Simon Barnett) is a hapless yuppie wannabe. Marginalised by the deregulated economy of the '80s and living on their wits, they may just find common cause despite themselves in this Graeme Tetley-penned tale.

Direction

Gaylene Preston

Screenplay

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Graeme Tetley

Gaylene Preston