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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Camille Coduri

Sharon Rooney

Natasha Little

Doc Brown

Andrew Obeney

David Cann

Emily Chase

Matt Houlihan

Antonia Reid

Kay Stonham

Alison Vernon-Smith

Bad Salsa: Series 1: Episode 4: The Shorefest Redemption

Episode 4

Episode 4: The Shorefest Redemption

Series 1

The Shorefest Redemption

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Three women embrace Bad Salsa, where everybody knows your name, but not your prognosis.

After treatment for ovarian and breast cancer, Chippy is mad, Jill is sad and Terri is definitely dangerous to know. From 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. The characters in the series have finished their treatment and are in the process of finding their way back to normal life or at least finding a "new normal." As in the real world, the challenges of everyday life go on for our characters; like us they have boring marriages, distracting crushes, troublesome children, difficult workmates and infuriating parents, but unlike us their brush with mortality has given them a new perspective. 

The fun and excitement of the series is in watching them decide to preserve the 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.

Terry    ......    Camille Coduri
Chippy    ......    Sharon Rooney
Jill    ......    Natasha Little
Marco    ......    Doc Brown
Gordon    ......    Andrew Obeney
Colin    ......    David Cann
Georgie    ......    Emily Chase
Tim    ......    Matt Houlihan
Sara    ......    Antonia Reid
Corrine    ......    Kay Stonham

Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2014.

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