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Subterranean Homesick Blues: The Complete Series 1-3

A BBC Radio 4 Drama

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Subterranean Homesick Blues: The Complete Series 1-3

By: A L Kennedy
Narrated by: Anna Calder-Marshall, Bill Nighy
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About this listen

Love doesn't get easier when you're older but no wiser.

Maggie and John had a passionate but disastrous affair in their younger days, but it didn't last. Now in their late sixties, a surprise encounter gives them another chance to take up where they left off.

Will they manage to find the best in each other and finally get together? Or will old wounds and an awareness of their ageing bodies deter them? Will the treadmill created by the high-cost, high-pressure 21st century, and their endless other commitments and interruptions large and small, overwhelm them? Or will they take the final risk?

This delightful comic drama stars Bill Nighy as John and Anna Calder-Marshall as Maggie.

A.L. Kennedy is an award-winning writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction, an academic and a stand-up comedian.

Directed by Sally Avens.

©2018 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2018 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Literature & Fiction Romantic Comedy Funny Heartfelt Witty Feel-Good

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Lovable characters who needed their heads bashing together!!

Relationship fun and games to just proves that being single is often the best option!! Seriously though, we all know couples like this...

Wanted to bash their heads together!!!

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Silly plot, fun scenes about ageing sex. Little character development but excellent interaction between two excellent actors.
Overall can recommend.

Enjoyed the actors

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superb performances, totally engrossing, will miss them both! why do I have to write

brilliant

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Loved the story line - a fan of Bill Nighy so could just see him as this leading character. A good,lighthearted listen.

A lovely listen!

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Fun, made me smile and laugh. Easy listening to two excellent and experienced actors.

Fun

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Throughly enjoyed this book , Easy listening while driving many miles in Oz
Characters are brilliant

Excellent

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Laugh out loud funny but also very real! Love the characters and the way they turn from being annoyed with each other to laughing hysterically!

Fabulous audiobook!

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I loved it. Bill Nighy has always been a huge favourite of mine and, even though I’m not familiar with Anna Calder-Marshall, the two of them worked beautifully together. The script was so equal parts funny and poignant and was delivered with superb timing, thoughtfulness and humour. More please.

Subterranean Homesick Blues

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This was one of those wonderful creations that I didn't want to end. Sublime dramatisation of a hugely entertaining, but poignantly heart warming story.

Glorious from start to finish.

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Wonderful acting by Bill Nighy and Anna Calder-Marshall, the two have just the right amount of spark between them, plenty of good one liners and you genuinely feel the two of them care for one another having met again after a long period of time. You get the feeling that they are both afraid of growing old alone and yet scared of trying to relive their younger selves. As always Nighy draws you in simply with his voice and skills and Calder-Marshall matches him with a frail vulnerability as they both rail against growing old.

Top stuff.

Great two hander

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