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In Mates. Michelle (Pauline Quirke)
In Mates

In Mates

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

Pauline Quirke stars in this comic Afternoon Play as a woman from Orpington who decides to strike up a relationship a man on Death Row. Stars Pauline Quirke, Gillian Wright, Lizzy Watts, Benjamin Askew, Malcolm Tierney and Annabelle Dowler

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Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2009
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
1
Stars
Pauline Quirke, Gillian Wright, Lizzy Watts, Benjamin Askew, Malcolm Tierney and Annabelle Dowler
Writer
Sue Teddern
Producer
Jessica Dromgoole

Michelle, who lives in Orpington, decides to strike up a relationship with Randall, a man on Death Row.

Michelle is a happy, garrulous woman with a great social life and an opinion on everything. She makes Randall audio tapes to cover for his probable lack of education. She thinks that poor Randall, locked up all day, would welcome this outlet.

Michelle promises herself and Randall that these will be the unexpurgated confessions of a bubbly housewife. But as the relationship unfolds, it becomes clear that she is trapped in her house and she isn't quite as bubbly as she would like to think.

Additional details

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 6th July 2009 at 2:15pm on BBC Radio 4
Episode length
45 minutes

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