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15 Minute Drama: Writing the Century: The View from the Windows

Monica Dolan

Ben Addis

Julian Lewis Jones

Bethan Roberts

Helen Perry

15 Minute Drama: Writing the Century: The View from the Windows: Episode 4: Rigor Mortis

Writing the Century: The View from the Windows

Episode 4

Episode 4: Rigor Mortis

Rigor Mortis

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Writing the Century: The View from the Windows, Rigor Mortis

Monica struggles with her true identity when a journalist interviews her about her geese.

Monica struggles with her true identity when a charming journalist interviews her about her geese, and then a portrait painting session with her neighbour goes horribly wrong.

The View from the Windows
dramatized by Bethan Roberts.

The series which explores the 20th century through the diaries and correspondence of real people. 

It's 1956 and the avant-garde commercial artist Monica Rawlins is alone in the middle-of-nowhere rural Cardiganshire, breeding geese. How has her life come to this?

A heart-warming drama about unrequited love, unfulfilled dreams, art and poultry keeping. 

Monica struggles with her true identity when a charming journalist interviews her about her geese and then a portrait painting session with her neighbour goes horribly wrong.

Directed by Helen Perry
A BBC Cymru Wales Production.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

By Bethan Roberts. Drama based on the diaries of artist and goose-breeder Monica Rawlins

By Bethan Roberts. Heartwarming drama about unrequited love and unfulfilled dreams, based on the real-life diaries of successful artist and goose-breeder Monica Rawlins

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