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15 Minute Drama: How to Have a Perfect Marriage

Julia Ford

Greg Wise

Katriona Perrett

Ellie Bindman

John Sessions

Daniel Crowder

Nicholas McInerny

Melanie Harris

15 Minute Drama: How to Have a Perfect Marriage: Episode 4

Drama: Relationships & Romance

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Episode 4

How to Have a Perfect Marriage

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, How to Have a Perfect Marriage, Episode 4

Karen is enjoying the attentions of her new lover and decides to invest in her career.

Karen is enjoying the attentions of her new lover and decides to invest in her career - with money from Jack, whether he likes it or not.

Karen's enjoying the attentions of her new lover and has decided to invest in her career - with money from Jack, whether he likes it or not. Jack's taken to sleeping with the dog, for company. But when they learn Ella is being bullied and Naomi is suspended from school, they snap into action - as parents.

In this second series of writer Nicholas McInerny's autobiographical look at modern relationships, Jack has come out to his wife Karen but not to the kids. An agreement between consenting adults is one thing - but once you tell the children, all bets are off.

She and Jack may have signed up for a new type of marriage, where small deceptions and unspoken fantasies are replaced with something new - a kind of radical honesty. But can they make this work as a whole family and keep the kids secure?

The same cast come together, led by Julia Ford and Greg Wise, to explore the next chapter of this very modern family.

Written by Nicholas McInerny

Music by Greg Wise
Sound designer: Eloise Whitmore

Director/Producer: Melanie Harris
Executive Producer: Jo Meek
A Sparklab production for BBC Radio 4.

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