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Afternoon Play: The Night before Christmas

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

By Steve May.
Justin is 17, and although it's Christmas Eve, it just doesn't feel like the festive season. In trouble with his Mum and his girlfriend, Justin takes comfort from his favourite existential philosopher: "All human celebration is but a false dressing up of the meaningless and mechanical." But with a dusting of snow and a blaze of light, Justin is about to discover that the magic of Christmas really does exist.

Contributors

Writer:
Steve May.
Producer/Director:
Mary Ward Lowery
Justin:
Samuel Barnett
Mother:
Kate Rutter
Father:
Clement Freud
Holly the cat:
Lynne Truss
Uncle Michael:
Michael Rosen
Uncle Bradley:
Roger McGough
Source: Radio Times

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