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From Fact to Fiction: Series 19

Chris Dolan

Gerda Stevenson

Simon Donaldson

David Neville

From Fact to Fiction: Series 19: 09/01/2016

09/01/2016

Series 19

BBC Radio 4 - From Fact to Fiction, Series 19, 09/01/2016

Writer Chris Dolan creates a dramatic response to a story in the week's news.

Adrift in the waters between England and Scotland, surviving on mince pies and mulled wine, supermarket worker Ricky is caught up in the floods. Written by Chris Dolan.

Writer Chris Dolan creates a dramatic response to a story in the week's news.

Synopsis: While the aftershock from the floods continue to be felt at home and there are continuing troubles around the world, a lonely figure is adrift in the waters between England and Scotland. Surviving on mince pies and mulled wine, supermarket worker Ricky is caught up in the floods, and is now drifting in a dinghy on the Solway Firth. Out of the waters comes Beanie - is she another flood victim? Or is she an other worldly spirit come to sink or save him?

Producer/director: David Ian Neville.

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