A topical drama about how living in enforced isolation can lead to the forging of new relationships, and to the revitalisation of old ones.
It starts with a skinny slip of paper posted through Nina’s letter box: Dear Neighbour. My name is Max. I am almost 15 years old and I live at number 76 of this road. My school has been shut and I am free to do shopping for anyone who needs it. Just ring me on the number below.
Nina’s first instinct is to bin the note. She’s not hugely bothered about the neighbours. The younger people who’ve moved onto the street in recent years are very different from her. They’re smarter, richer. They have well-spoken kids with names like Max.
But life is tricky in isolation. Nina’s husband Frank is ill. Maybe it’s the virus, maybe’s it’s just a bad cold, they can’t really tell.
Nina knows the rule is that she must stay indoors and they don’t have anyone else. So Nina gives Max a call. The next day, he leaves the first bag of shopping outside her hall door.
Told through phone calls and an audio diary that Nina is updating daily, the drama follows the relationship that develops between Max and Nina through the first weeks of enforced isolation.
As the story unfolds, we come to realise that Nina is making the audio diary for a particular, special person.
Cast:
Nina ….. Monica Dolan
Frank ….. Phil Davis
Max ….. Tom Glenister
Sarah ….. Jane Slavin
Producer and Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
A Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4
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Size 20MB, Length 44 Min, Bitrate 64kbps
If you would like to listen to further dramas by Hugh Costello, let me know. I did a search on the drama group and could not find any postings.
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I just had a listen, and I like what I hear. I would be very interested hearing more dramas by Hugh Costello. Thank you, William!!