Murdering My Dad
By Rachel Mathews. Dark comedy about a young girl who decides to kill her dad, exploring the dynamic and sometimes fraught relationship between fathers and adolescent daughters.
Murdering My Dad
by Rachel Mathews
A dark comedy about an adolescent girl who decides to kill her dad. When Lily's dad announces they are moving from her beloved city life in London, to the countryside up North, Lily can bear it no longer and decides to take drastic action. Lily takes inspiration from infamous historical murderesses such as Lizzie Borden. This off beat drama explores the dynamic and sometimes fraught relationship with fathers and adolescent daughters.
Produced and directed by Pauline Harris
Rachel Matthews has written two previous dramas for Radio 4, Chin Hair and The City At Night. She in an award winning short film writer with Danny & His Amazing Teeth and is Winner of The London Screenwriters' Festival/The Wellcome Trust's 'Inspired By Science' Treatment Award 2011 for her feature film Matrioshka. Producer/Director Pauline Harris is multi national and international programme maker with productions such The Startling Truths of Old World Sparrows, the British Premier of The Color Purple, and producer/co-creator of Blood, Sex and Money: Emile Zola, staring Glenda Jackson.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Lily | Evie Killip |
| Julie | Shannon Flynn |
| Phil | Jonathan Keeble |
| Carol | Julia Rounthwaite |
| Toby | Finn Monteath |
| Director | Pauline Harris |
| Producer | Pauline Harris |
| Writer | Rachel Mathews |
Broadcast
- Tue 7 Jun 2016 14:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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