British Comedy Guide

Sick

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2019
  • 1 episode

A comedy drama about a woman who has extreme morning sickness. Stars Cariad Lloyd, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Alison Steadman, Teresa Gallagher, Alex Lowe and more.

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Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2019
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
1
Stars
Cariad Lloyd, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Alison Steadman, Teresa Gallagher, Alex Lowe, Sean Baker, Kathleen Keaney, Lola Page and Sophie Xu
Writer
Annalisa Dinnella
Director
Karen Rose
Producer
Karen Rose
Company

Kate is the woman who has it all. She's the perfect Mum, wife and daughter until - for the first time in her charmed life - things do not go to plan. In her second pregnancy, Kate develops extreme morning sickness (hyperemesis gravidarum) and, quite literally, cannot stop vomiting.

So how does all this endless purging, spewing and upchucking (not to mention the non-stop urge to spit into a bucket) change Kate's understanding of her family, her marriage and, ultimately, her own identity? And, of all the visitors to her bedside offering tea, dry toast, and stories from her childhood, who can she really trust?

This funny, dark and joyfully disgusting "vom com" by Annalisa Dinnella takes inspiration from the playwright's own experience of this rare and often misunderstood complication of pregnancy - also made famous by the Duchess of Cambridge. Do not try to eat while listening.

Additional details

Also known as
  • Drama On 4 - Sick

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 22nd February 2019 at 2:15pm on BBC Radio 4
Episode length
45 minutes
All previous repeats
  • Thursday 8th February 2024 at 2:15pm on Radio 4

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