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Joanna Lumley & Roger Allam star in Jan Etherington’s award-winning comedy, as a couple in love with life & each other. This week: Their lives change – when new neighbours arrive.

Joanna Lumley & Roger Allam star in Jan Etherington’s award-winning comedy, as a couple who are passionate about life and each other. This week: Roger is obsessed with his new power hose and is cleaning up the neighbourhood. But their peace is shattered when noisy new neighbours move in.
Conversations from a Long Marriage won the Voice of the Listener & Viewer Award for Best Radio Comedy in 2020.
‘Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam have had illustrious acting careers but can they ever have done anything better than Jan Etherington’s two hander? This is a work of supreme craftsmanship.’ RADIO TIMES
‘Peppered with nostalgic 60s hits and especially written for the pair, it’s an endearing portrait of exasperation, laced with hard won tolerance – and something like love.’ THE GUARDIAN
‘The delicious fruit of the writer, Jan Etherington’s experience of writing lots of TV and radio, blessed by being acted by Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam. Treasure this one, produced by Claire Jones. Unlike many a current Radio 4 ‘comedy’, this series makes people laugh’ GILLIAN REYNOLDS. SUNDAY TIMES
‘You’ve been listening at my window, Jan’. JOANNA LUMLEY
‘The writing is spot on and Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam exquisite. So real, so entertaining. Please never stop making such terrific radio’. Â鶹ԼÅÄ DUTY LOG
‘Absolutely brilliant!! May it never end!’ Â鶹ԼÅÄ DUTY LOG
Conversations from a Long Marriage is written by Jan Etherington and produced by Claire Jones. It is a Â鶹ԼÅÄ Studios Production.

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28 minutes

Last on

Thu 17 Mar 2022 05:30

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