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The Ca'd'oro Café. Billy (Robin Laing). Copyright: BBC
The Ca'd'oro Café

The Ca'd'oro Café

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2010
  • 1 episode

Dark comedy about love, money and desperation, written by Bafta-winning writer Donna Franceschild. Stars Elspeth Brodie, Robin Laing and John Kazek.

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Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2010
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
1
Stars
Elspeth Brodie, Robin Laing and John Kazek
Writer
Donna Franceschild
Producer
Kirsty Williams
Company

The Ca'd'oro Café is a dark comedy about love, money and desperation.

Melanie is a waitress in a cafe. It is closing time when Billy walks in with a bleeding forehead. This is the moment she has dreamt of - being alone with Billy. Only it isn't...

She can't lose this job and she has got to shut up shop for the night. But Billy has got his own reasons for staying. He has just lost the job that has kept him afloat and now he wants to go back to the only other place he felt settled - jail. Once he has pulled Melanie into his world and filled her with even more love for him, he'll start smashing windows.

Additional details

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Tuesday 26th January 2010 at 2:15pm on BBC Radio 4
Episode length
45 minutes

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