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Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer star as former sweethearts reunited in middle age.

Radio adaptation of Bob Larbey's TV sitcom, starring Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer as former sweethearts reunited in middle age.

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Lionel is plunged into hectic promotion for his new book.

Lionel is plunged into hectic promotion for his new book. Adapted from TV with Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer. From January 1998.

Publication day arrives and Lionel is plunged into the hectic world of promotion for his memoirs of life in the army and as a coffee-planter in Kenya. 

Starring Judi Dench as Jean and Geoffrey Palmer as Lionel. With Moira Brooker as Judith and Philip Bretherton as Alistair. 

A six-part adaptation by Bob Larbey of series two of his popular BBC TV sitcom. Two former lovers Jean and Lionel have been reunited unexpectedly after losing contact for 38 years. 

After falling in love in the early 1950s, army officer Lionel was sent to Korea, but they lost touch after a letter he sent to her never arrived. Both assumed the other had lost interest, but their paths have crossed again on his return to England. 

Producer: Martin Fisher 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1998.

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