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Love In Recovery. Image shows from L to R: Danno (Paul Kaye), Andy (Johnny Vegas), Julie (Sue Johnston), Simon (John Hannah), Fiona (Rebecca Front). Copyright: Lucky Giant
Love In Recovery

Love In Recovery

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2015 - 2019
  • 19 episodes (3 series)

Radio 4 comedy drama set around an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Stars John Hannah, Rebecca Front, Sue Johnston, Paul Kaye, Johnny Vegas and more.

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Press clippings

Phil Wang, Alexei Sayle and Rebecca Front win BBC Audio Awards

Radio comedies Phil Wang: Wangsplaining and Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar have won prizes in the BBC Audio Awards. Rebecca Front was named Best Actress, and The Hartlepool Spy won the Tinniswood Award.

British Comedy Guide, 2nd February 2020

14 comedy shows up for BBC Audio Awards 2017

The shortlists for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2017 has been revealed, with 14 comedies in the running across the Best Scripted Comedy and Best Comedy with a Live Audience categories.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2016

Radio 4 announces 18 new comedy shows

Radio 4 has announced a raft of new shows, including series from Matt Berry, Sara Pascoe, Richard Herring, Sam Bain, Andy Hamilton and Fred MacAulay.

British Comedy Guide, 26th August 2016

Sue Johnston interview

In the latest in our Wise Words interview series - where stars from a whole range of fields share the important life lessons they've learned along the way - we're posing some of the big questions to Sue Johnston.

Caroline Frost, The Huffington Post, 15th March 2016

Radio Times - Pick of the Week

It's a credit to Pete Jackson's writing and the cast's acting prowess that the listener can switch from laughing out loud to rapt silence.

Jane Anderson, Radio Times, 8th March 2016

John Hannah - What turns me on

The Four Weddings actor reveals why James Stewart makes him cry, Radiohead cheer him up, he's gripped by gruesome Shakespeare and he loves the villains in The Sweeney.

Mail on Sunday, 6th March 2016

Sue Johnson interview

Acting royalty Sue Johnston on working for Brian Epstein, her local MP George Osborne - and why Liverpool FC need her!

Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 29th February 2016

Pete Jackson: Christmas Future: Sober?

I've thought a great deal about my own alcoholism, and alcoholism in general whilst writing Love In Recovery and it's an endlessly complex, slippery, frustrating and fascinating subject.

Pete Jackson, The Huffington Post, 24th December 2015

Pete Jackson: Christmas Present - Sober

My name's Pete Jackson. I write a Radio 4 series called Love In Recovery, set in Alcoholics Anonymous and based, in part, on my own experiences.

Pete Jackson, The Huffington Post, 18th December 2015

Pete Jackson: My Christmas as a drinking alcoholic

I'm Pete Jackson. Six years ago, in late September, I quit drinking. It wasn't my first attempt, not by a long stretch, but I hoped (and six years later I'm still hoping) that it was my last.

Pete Jackson, The Huffington Post, 11th December 2015

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