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15 Minute Drama: Coach Karen's Half-Time Team Talk: Episode Four

Coach Karen's Half-Time Team Talk

Episode Four

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Coach Karen's Half-Time Team Talk, Episode Four

Karen and the team play away and are seduced by the luxurious dressing rooms. And sweets.

Coach Karen is the new coach of an under-13 girls football team called the Hopperton Hoops. They're not the most successful team in the league, in fact they've never won a game. And under Karen, this record is unlikely to change. 

A brand new comedy series by Harry Venning (Clare in the Community) about how a young woman with no life experience is desperate to share it with people even younger than herself.

Starring Karen Fishwick (RSC Juliet, Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour) as Coach Karen.

Episode 4: Karen and the team play away and are seduced by the luxurious dressing rooms. And sweets. 

Cast:
Coach Karen………Karen Fishwick
Scarlett…………..…Eva Woodbridge
Polly…………..….....Carla Abbott
Daisy…………..…....Clara Shepherd-Thompson
Ava……..……..….....Iona Milward
Kirsty……….….…....Safia Kadri
Ajoba.....…….……..Hana Doe
Tilly……………..…....Catie Shakespeare-Kearns
Polly’s dad…...……Alex Lowe


Writer: Harry Venning
Director/Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

15 Minute Drama: Coach Karen's Half-Time Team Talk

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

Comedy about a girl's football team coach, played out during their half-time team talks.

A brand new comedy by Clare In The Community writer, Harry Venning, about a girl's football team coach, played out during their half-time team talks.

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