Who could blame the 10-year-old in David Baddiel’s musical for wanting different parents? They named him Barry, for starters. On top of that, they are cash-strapped and his father has accidentally bought a DVD parody of a James Bond film rather than the real thing for his 007-obsessed son.
How much worse could it get? A lot worse, it turns out, when, on the eve of his 11th birthday, Barry goes disconsolately to his bedroom and falls into a parallel universe where parents can be selected. The Parent Agency (TPA) runs on a computerised system by a man who looks suspiciously like Barry’s grandad, and he goes through parents who are by turns wealthy, fit and cool but is still left wanting.
