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# Can't Take it With You, BBC Two, preview
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## Sir Gerry Robinson's new BBC Two series examines the conflicts that can
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arise because of the prickly issue of inheritance.
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![Sir Gerry Robinson][1]
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Sir Gerry Robinson
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7:00AM GMT 14 Jan 2011
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[Comments][2]
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The softly spoken business expert talks to people who are at odds with their
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partners over how their assets should be bequeathed after they die, and looks
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at amicable ways of settling these differences.
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Charity is the theme of this first episode, which features two couples - Tom
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and Keira, and Lesley and David - who are bickering about how to divvy up
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their assets between philanthropic schemes and their own relatives. Keira
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wants to donate to "local causes", such as a children's park, while Tom wants
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to leave more cash for his stepdaughters.
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Lesley wants to leave money for a cat refuge centre, while David favours
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giving more to his sons from a previous marriage. Cue a predictable onslaught
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of televised conflict. With Sir Gerry prodding them along, the couples talk to
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a lawyer, who explains a bewildering array of legal options and eventualities.
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One partner in each couple is being a touch unreasonable, which becomes
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screamingly obvious after about five minutes' viewing. It is not hard to see
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why people prefer to sweep these issues under the carpet. Those looking for
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reality television-style theatrics and arguments between relatives will be
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disappointed, though some parts of this programme seem in slightly bad taste,
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such as when Robinson appears to try to provoke arguments between the couples.
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## Related Articles
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* [Gerry Robinson: 'A will is a bit like having a pre-nup'][3]
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11 Jan 2011
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* [It took a brush with death to get me to write a will][4]
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13 Jan 2011
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