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A Second Life

A Second Life

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2009
  • 1 episode

Comic drama by Adam Beeson, adapted from a short story by the 19th-century Brazilian writer Machado de Assis. Also features John Bett, Richard Conlon, Lucy Paterson, John Macaulay and Mark McDonnell

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Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2009
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
1
Stars
John Bett, Richard Conlon, Lucy Paterson, John Macaulay and Mark McDonnell
Writers
Machado De Assis and Adam Beeson
Director
Bruce Young

Anxious to avoid all the mistakes in his life, a man appeals to Heaven to allow him to be born again with 'experience'. But in his second life this precious knowledge proves no use at all.

Additional details

Also known as
  • Machado de Assis - A Second Life
  • Afternoon Drama: A Second Life
Production
Studio

Broadcast details

Most recent repeats
  • Monday 3rd September 2018 at 9:15pm on Radio 4 Extra
  • Monday 3rd September 2018 at 11:15am on Radio 4 Extra
  • Tuesday 9th August 2016 at 9:15pm on Radio 4 Extra

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