Nick Warburton - Setting a Glass
A man is called to hospital to see his ailing mother, but unknowingly does anything to avoid her bedside. Stars James Fleet.
By Nick Warburton
A man is summoned to a hospital where his elderly mother is fading away. He arrives in the middle of the night and walks through empty corridors looking for a coffee machine. So why is he avoiding sitting at his mother's bedside?
He gets talking to an auxiliary nurse, a disgruntled but determined young woman whose life is starting, just as his mother's is ending. As he tells this complete stranger about his mother's uneventful life, her small achievements, he comes to understand some of the mechanisms at play in his strange inability to sit with her.
Directed by Peter Kavanagh.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Mike | James Fleet |
| Ellie | Hannah Pierce |
| Writer | Nick Warburton |
| Director | Peter Kavanagh |
Broadcasts
Tue 2 Nov 2010 14:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4- Wed 8 Feb 2012 11:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 8 Feb 2012 21:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 9 Feb 2012 04:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Mon 8 Oct 2012 14:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Thu 12 Mar 2015 11:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 12 Mar 2015 21:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 13 Mar 2015 04:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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