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Steven Mackintosh

Chetna Pandya

Steve Evets

Sally Carman

Jonathan Keeble

Nadia Molinari

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When the Night Has No Right to Be King

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Episode 3: When the Night Has No Right to Be King

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By John Lynch. A man finds himself suspended between the living and the dead.

Moving drama about grief and love by film actor and novelist John Lynch. A man finds himself suspended between the living and the dead.

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There was a time when love blazed through Chris' life but now Sarah is gone and Chris must cross the broken ground of all that he has lost in order to save himself.


A man finds himself suspended between the living and the dead in John Lynch's moving and powerful drama about grief and the redemptive power of love. Inspired by Greek mythology of the Underworld, it explores altered consciousness and the turbulence of time and memory. 


John Lynch is a successful film and television actor (Cal, In The Name of the Father, Sliding Doors, The Fall). He is also a writer. He has written two novels 'Torn Water' and 'Falling out of Heaven'. He co-wrote the screenplay 'Best' about George Best. He is currently writing his third novel. This is his first drama for radio.

Directed by Nadia Molinari
Sound Design by Steve Brooke.

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