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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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Jean expands her business and Lionel hears unexpected news from America.

Jean expands her business and Lionel hears unexpected news from America. Adapted from TV with Judi Dench. From February 1998.

Jean expands her business and Lionel hears some unexpected news from America. 

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 February 1998.

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