Life Lines

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Al Smith's award-winning series set in an ambulance control room.

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Sarah Ridgeway

Clare Perkins

Nick Underwood

Elizabeth Bennett

Tom Forrister

Lloyd Hutchinson

James Lailey

Sally Avens

Al Smith

Life Lines: Series 1: Episode 1

Episode 1

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 - Life Lines, Series 1, Episode 1

Carrie is an ambulance call handler. She must listen hard to know what's going on.

4 Extra Debut. An ambulance call handler never knows what’s coming and you have to listen hard to know what's going on. Stars Sarah Ridgeway.

Carrie is an ambulance call handler.  She never knows what the next emergency will be or the effect it might have on her.

And sometimes you have to listen hard to find out exactly what's going on.

Some calls are literally a matter of life or death - while for others, the emergency may be more in the mind of the caller...

Al Smith's tense drama series goes behind the scenes of an ambulance control room.

Carrie ...... Sarah Ridgeway
Destiny ...... Clare Perkins
Dave ...... Nick Underwood
Margaret ...... Elizabeth Bennett
Chris ...... Tom Forrister
Connor ...... Lloyd Hutchinson
Dr Farnsworth ...... James Lailey

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2016.

Life Lines: Series 1

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

Al Smith's tense drama goes behind the scenes of an ambulance control room.

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