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BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, So Much For That, Episode 4

A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel. How much money is a life worth?

A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel which portrays the economic and emotional fall-out of illness. How much money is one life worth? Elizabeth McGovern stars.

Shep Knacker has been saving all his working life for 'the Afterlife' - his retirement escape route from Brooklyn to a remote island off the coast of Zanzibar.  But just as Shep is about to put the Afterlife into action, his wife Glynis reveals that she has cancer.  In today's episode, the couple watch their substantial savings rapidly consumed by the exorbitant costs of Glynis' treatment, while their friend Jackson has his own medical worries.  

Narrator ..... Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Shep ..... Henry Goodman
Glynis ..... Debora Weston
Carol ..... Elizabeth McGovern
Jackson ..... Stuart Milligan
Flicka ..... Sasha Pick
Dr Knox/Gabe ..... Peter Marinker

Adapted for radio by Penny Leicester
Directed by Emma Harding

Lionel Shriver won the 2005 Orange Prize for her novel We Need to Talk About Kevin.  Other novels include The Post-Birthday World and Double Fault. 

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio's work in film includes The Color of Money, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and The Abyss; TV includes Law & Order: Criminal Intent and on Stage: A View From the Bridge at the Duke of York's, London.  

Henry Goodman is currently playing Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes, Prime Minister in the West End.  Other stage work includes Duet for One, with Juliet Stevenson, Fiddler on the Roof and Chicago.  Recent film includes The Damned United and Taking Woodstock.  

Elizabeth McGovern is currently starring in Julian Fellowes' new ITV drama series, Downtown Abbey. Her film work includes Ragtime, Once Upon a Time in America and The Wings of the Dove.

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A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel.

A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel which portrays the economic fall-out of illness.

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