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Nine Lives by Anna Maria Murphy

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for 3 months

Beth's elderly father Patrick has a lifetime's worth of stories, and Beth knows them so well she almost feels as if she's lived them herself.

But one story she finds hard to believe – Patrick claims that he was never born. That he's lived forever. As Beth tries to untangle the truth of her father's birth, she uncovers an unexpected family secret.

A series of linked plays that start in a Register Office and end in either a birth, a marriage or a death.

Beth .... Eiry Thomas
Patrick .... Peter Marinker
Bill .... Christian Patterson
Mrs Knowles .... Sharon Morgan
Miriam/Janet .... Eirlys Bellin
Reg/Harold .... Matthew Gravelle

Written by Anna Maria Murphy.
Directed by James Robinson.

A BBC Cymru Wales production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014. Show less

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