By Carolyn Pertwee.
Marjorie and Dennis have booked the same Spanish hotel room in which they spent their honeymoon, 37 years ago. But they aren't prepared for the uninhibited behaviour of the beautiful young couple in the next room - and the effect it will have on their own marriage.

An ageing couple's marriage is unexpectedly revived by the uninhibited lovers in the next hotel room

The Beautiful Couple 2.15pm R4
On rare occasions a radio drama will grip you so tightly that you will not care about returning late to work, that you'll pull over in your car or simply sit down at home and forget all the chores you must complete. This is one of those occasions and you'd better have a tissue to hand as well. Julia McKenzie and Ronald Pickup play a distanced couple. They've returned to the hotel where they spent their honeymoon 37 years ago only to find the lovers' suite occupied by just that: beautiful, lusty lovers who throw their own sterile marriage into sharp relief. But this is not so much a play about a couple's relationship breaking down as a marriage becoming stronger after a dreadful tragedy is finally come to terms with. While the thin thread holding the young lovers together is severed, the ties that bind this older pair make them the beautiful couple after all.