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15 Minute Drama: How to Have a Perfect Marriage

Greg Wise

Julia Ford

John Sessions

Katriona Perrett

Nicholas McInerny

Melanie Harris

15 Minute Drama: How to Have a Perfect Marriage: Episode 3

How to Have a Perfect Marriage

Episode 3

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, How to Have a Perfect Marriage, Episode 3

Jack thinks he is getting somewhere with Karen, but then her father has a health scare.

Just when Jack thinks he is getting somewhere with Karen, her father's health scare stops them in their tracks.

Just when Jack thought he was getting somewhere with Karen, her father's health scare stops them in their tracks. Jack realises he's out of touch with the girls. And how did his ex-boyfriend Tom get so involved in Jack's own family? That wasn't part of the plan. 

In this third series of writer Nicholas McInerny's autobiographical look at modern relationships, Jack and Karen are at a crossroads. Two years after he came out, they're still married, still close, have a regular date night each week and are both involved in steering their girls through their teenage years.

But time doesn't stand still and Jack wants to live openly as a gay man. He wants to find out what that could mean. He also wants to be a good dad and keep his family healthy and safe. So it's time for more negotiations with Karen and the girls to see how they can remain a close and loving family and allow each other to grow in their own different ways. 


Cast:
Jack..................Greg Wise
Tom..................Daniel Crowder
Karen................Julia Ford
Miranda.............Mary Doherty

Writer: Nicholas McInerny
Sound Designer: Alisdair McGregor
Director/Producer: Melanie Harris
Executive Producer: Jo Meek

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Third series of Nicholas McInerny's autobiographical look at modern relationships

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