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Conversations from a Long Marriage

A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama

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Conversations from a Long Marriage

By: Jan Etherington
Narrated by: Joanna Lumley, Roger Allam
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About this listen

The first six episodes of the BBC radio comedy drama about a couple who have been married for over 40 years but are still passionate about life, love and each other

Joanna Lumley
and Roger Allam play a married couple who met in the Summer of Love and have stayed together ever since. Children of the Sixties, they are still free spirits, drawn together by their love for music and one another.
We follow their conversations from the café to the kitchen table, taking in everyday chores, dealing with problems with long-held friendships and tackling their frustrations with each other. With warmth, wit and honesty, they talk about the indignities of ageing (he has a dodgy knee and is on statins, she resents her new, tri-focal glasses), their desire to still be seen as attractive and their fears and vulnerabilities around growing older.

There's jealousy and talk of affairs, confessions are made and long-held secrets are unearthed - but underlying it all is their enduring love for each other and their desire to keep the passion alive.

Written by award-winning comedy writer and journalist Jan Etherington, and based on her own 35-year marriage, this gentle comedy will ring a bell with couples of all ages.


Starring Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam
Produced by Claire Jones
A BBC Studios Production

©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Comedy Marriage Funny Witty Feel-Good Thought-Provoking

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loved this
such a easy listen both voices are perfect, i can identify with so much what there talking about ..
wish it was longer 👍🏼

Brilliant

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Loved it all... Listened to all 4 series over 20 times!!! Feel like I have a couple of new friends... I found listening so soothing in this mad world we live in.

Very true to life!

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Exactly what you'd expect from Joanna Lumley.
Funny little short conversations between a couple.

Hilarious and relatable short stories

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loved this, Joanna and Roger are very comforting to listen to and such a giggle too! thank you

A great feel good listen

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Very funny and entertaining had me laughing very emotional. So true to life cannot wait for future series.

Brilliant

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