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Afternoon Reading

Penelope's People

Episode 2: Making Ends Meet

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Series of monologues performed by Penelope Keith, presenting resourceful characters responding very differently to big changes in their lives.

By Cathy Feeny. Lonely widow Cora has been made redundant. Cash is tight, but she still cannot resist the tempting knick-knacks from the mail order catalogues. A chance meeting offers her a way to beat the credit crunch and get out of mounting debt.

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. Show less

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