Episode 4
As an adult, Nigel enjoys time with an aging Aunt Elvie who has some mysterious news. Stars Celia Imrie and Julian Rhind Tutt.
As an adult, Nigel enjoys time with an aging Aunt Elvie, who has some mysterious news to impart over cream tea and champagne.
Aunt Elvie......................Celia Imrie
Nigel Slater...................Julian Rhind-Tutt
Joan..............................Fenella Woolgar
Young Nigel...................Isaac Whitmore
Waiter...........................Nigel Slater
Eating for England, the successor to his highly acclaimed memoir Toast, is part food memoir, part collective memory bank of a nation's taste. Using the book as source material along with further conversations with Nigel, dramatist Sarah Daniels has written a playful reimagining. A grown up Nigel - played by Julian Rhind-Tutt, looks back on his childhood while caring for a now elderly, yet ever sparkling, Aunt Elvie, played by Celia Imrie.
Rich with sounds of the kitchen and recorded on location, with a cameo performance from Nigel himself.
What drives a cook to write about food? Why is there such a powerful link between memory and what we eat? And why is reading about food so irresistibly appetising?
Dramatised by Sarah Daniels
Sound design by Eloise Whitmore
Director: Polly Thomas
A Somethin' Else production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2014.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Aunt Elvie | Celia Imrie |
Nigel Slater | Julian Rhind-Tutt |
Joan | Fenella Woolgar |
Young Nigel | Isaac Whitmore |
Waiter | Nigel Slater |
Author | Nigel Slater |
Adaptor | Sarah Daniels |
Director | Polly Thomas |
Producer | Polly Thomas |
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