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Love in Recovery

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Comedy drama by Pete Jackson, set in Alcoholics Anonymous

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Julia Deakin

Rebecca Front

John Hannah

Sue Johnston

Paul Kaye

Eddie Marsan

Pete Jackson

Ben Worsfield

Love in Recovery: Series 1: The Pub

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The Pub

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The group leave the meeting room to try to rescue one of their members - from the pub.

The group must leave the meeting room to try to rescue one of their members - from the pub. Stars Sue Johnston. From 2015.

Comedy drama by Pete Jackson, set in Alcoholics Anonymous and inspired by his own road to recovery. Starring Sue Johnston, John Hannah, Eddie Marsan, Rebecca Front, Paul Kaye and Julia Deakin.

The programme follows the lives of five very different recovering alcoholics. Set entirely at their weekly meetings, we hear them get to know each other, learn to hate each other, argue, moan, laugh, fall apart, fall in love and, most importantly, tell their stories.

There are funny stories, sad stories, stories of small victories and milestones, stories of loss, stories of hope, and stories that you really shouldn't laugh at - but still do. Along with the storyteller.

In this final episode of the series, the group is forced to leave the safety of the meeting room to try to rescue one of their members - from the pub.

Writer Pete Jackson is a recovering alcoholic and has spent time with Alcoholics Anonymous. It was there he found, as many people do, support from the unlikeliest group of disparate souls, all banded together due to one common bond. As well as offering the support he needed throughout a difficult time, AA also offered a weekly, sometimes daily, dose of hilarity, upset, heartbreak and friendship.

Written and created by Pete Jackson

Produced and Directed by Ben Worsfield
A Lucky Giant production for BBC Radio 4.

Love in Recovery: Series 1

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