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Brothers in Arms

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Simon uses his 'flair for original ideas' to prove to his colleagues and family just how bad he feels about being an arms dealer. From April 2009.

Darren Boyd is back as reluctant arms dealer Simon McGrath.

He's generally a nice chap - he just happens to work as an arms dealer, or 'Defence and security equipment system solutions broker' as he prefers to call it.

Whilst battling with his conscience he justifies to himself why five years on he's still in a job he just fell into - after all, what he really wants is to pursue is his career in electronic music. But until that takes off he'll stay where he is, and as his mother so eloquently puts it, "any job where you get your own desk and a hot dinner can't be all bad".

And so as we renew our acquaintance with Simon we find him, using his 'flair for original ideas' to go to extreme lengths to prove to everyone just how badly he feels about doing the job he does.

The return of Laurence Howarth's black comedy of modern morality.

Simon Mcgrath ...... Darren Boyd
Anna Grieg ...... Joanna Page
Boris Kemal ...... Lewis Macleod
Judith McGrath ...... Sarah Smart
Angela McGrath ...... Brigit Forsyth
Madeleine Turnbull ...... Rachel Atkins
Peter ...... Gus Brown
Paramedic ...... Philip Fox

Producer: Dawn Ellis.

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in April 2009.

30 minutes

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Sun 9 Apr 2023 23:00

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