Bad Salsa

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Comedy by Kay Stonham that follows three women as they adjust to life after cancer.

Comedy by Kay Stonham that follows three women as they embrace the world of salsa while adjusting to life after cancer.

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Sharon Rooney

Natasha Little

Camille Coduri

Derek Elroy

Andrew Obeney

Ayesha Antoine

Emily Chase

Joe Johnsey

Kay Stonham

Alison Vernon-Smith

Bad Salsa: Series 1: Mount Kilimanjaro

Mount Kilimanjaro

Series 1

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Marco's sister is unimpressed with Terri, Jill wavers and Chippy tussles with a shark.

Marco's sister is less than impressed by Terri, Jill is wavering and Chippy has tussled with a shark - apparently. From July 2014.

After treatment for Ovarian and breast cancer Chippy, is mad Jill is sad and Terri is definitely dangerous to know! The road back after cancer treatment can be tricky and full of obstacles. 

Two middle aged women and their younger friend seek to regain their zest for life and love by learning to dance at Bad Salsa, the club where everyone knows your name but no-one knows your prognosis!

Depictions of people with cancer on TV and radio too often follow a standard format; there is the diagnosis, the depression the chemo, then the false recovery followed by the tragic death.

Written by Kay Stonham, Bad Salsa tries to paint a picture at once more hopeful and more in line with survival rates which have improved immensely over the past 20 years.

For many, 'living with cancer' is now their day to day challenge. Our characters have finished their treatment and are in the process of finding their way back to normal life or at least finding a "new normal." Everyday challenges must go on like boring marriages, distracting crushes, troublesome children, difficult workmates and infuriating parents. But their brush with mortality gives them a new perspective.

So do they preserve their pre-cancer status quo or in Terri's words, to say "sod it all" and "go for it!"

Follow the women as they embrace the world of salsa whilst they adjust to life after cancer.

Chippy    ......    Sharon Rooney
Jill    ......    Natasha Little
Terri	Camille    ......    Coduri
Marco    ......    Derek Elroy
Gordon    ......    Andrew Obeney
Elaine    ......    Ayesha Antoine
Georgie    ......    Emily Chase
Joel    ......    Joe Johnsey

Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2014.

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