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Katherine Jakeways - Forty Weeks

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Duration: 15 minutes

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

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Romantic comedy by Katherine Jakeways about the fallout from an unexpected one night stand.

Sam loves Rose. And Rose loves Sam. But while Rose is away on business, Sam’s dad dies and he ends up getting drunk and sleeping with a woman he’s never met before, called Bayley.

Love compels him to confess to Rose, but can they salvage their relationship?

Rose…. Rebecca Humphries
Sam…. Matthew Baynton
Bayley…. Kimberley Nixon
Mum…. Julia Deakin

Writer Katherine Jakeways (North by Northamptonshire) is described by The Radio Times as the 'new Victoria Wood' saying "her character comedy is so acutely observed and so sharp that it's in danger of causing permanent injury."

Director: James Robinson

A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2016. Show less

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