How To Write A Novel In A Week

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Paul Ritter

Marcia Warren

Sophie Thompson

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Sasha Yevtushenko

Tony Grounds - How To Write A Novel In A Week: 5. Nothing to Lose

How to Write a Novel in a Week

5. Nothing to Lose

Tony Grounds - How To Write A Novel In A Week

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Tony Grounds - How To Write A Novel In A Week, 5. Nothing to Lose

Jim has found a way of unlocking the novel inside of him.

With time running out, will Jim find a way of using his family woes to salvage his novel idea? Stars Paul Ritter.

Jim has had an eventful week: his mother Iris revealed that the love of her life was not in fact his father but Angelo, an Italian prisoner of war with whom she had an affair as a teenager. 

Meanwhile, Jim's despairing wife Kath has threatened separation following his crusade to turn his life into a novel. With nothing to lose, Jim has staged an audacious reunion. 

Conclusion of the comedy-drama by Tony Grounds.

Jim ...... Paul Ritter
Kath ...... Sophie Thompson
Iris ...... Marcia Warren

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2013.

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Painter and decorator Jim discovers the key to unlock the novel inside of him.

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