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Stories From the South Downs

Sara Sarre

Haydn Gwynne

Celia de Wolff

Stories From the South Downs: Episode 1: Ashes to Ashes

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Episode 1: Ashes to Ashes

Ashes to Ashes

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By Sara Sarre. Julia struggles to let go of her father, amid worries over her husband.

By Sara Sarre. Julia can't decide what to do with her father's ashes, and matters are made worse when she becomes convinced that her husband Phil is seeing another woman.

A series of readings from new writers to radio evoking the South Downs. 

Episode 1: Ashes to Ashes by Sara Sarre
A gentle tale about the dilemmas people face when left with their close relatives ashes and the weight of responsibility to scatter them in the best possible place. Julia can't decide what to do with her father's ashes, and matters are made worse when she becomes convinced that her husband, Phil is seeing another woman. Meanwhile, Phil thinks that a holiday would be a good way to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary.

Recorded in front of an audience at the Church of St Pancras, Kingston (near Lewes) - a little village nestled at the bottom of the Downs. 

Read by Hadyn Gwynne

Director: Celia de Wolff
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.

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Series of three readings evoking the South Downs from writers new to radio

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