Close Call
- Radio comedy drama
- BBC Radio 4
- 2014
- 1 episode
Comedy drama set in 1969 as a family get their first telephone. Stars Ricky Champ, Angie Wallis, Matthew Tennyson, Reece Buttery, Clive Hayward and Elaine Claxton
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2014
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Stars
- Ricky Champ, Angie Wallis, Matthew Tennyson, Reece Buttery, Clive Hayward and Elaine Claxton
- Writer
- Sarah Weatherall
- Director
- Anne Bunting
- Producer
- Anne Bunting
- Company
It is 1969, Apollo 11 is about to land on the moon the Watts family have finally installed their first telephone line - little realising how much their lives will change with its arrival.
The phone sits in the hallway, witnessing the activities of the house, listening to the family's secret loves, fears and joys.
Writer Sarah Weatherall captures the excitement of using a phone for the first time in the days before mobiles and texts, when no conversation was private.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 4th August 2014 at 2:15pm on BBC Radio 4
- Episode length
- 45 minutes