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Celia Imrie

Julian Rhind-Tutt

Nigel Slater

Buffy Davies

Effie MacMillan

Sarah Daniels

Polly Thomas

15 Minute Drama: Nigel Slater - Eating for England: Episode 5

Nigel Slater - Eating for England

Episode 5

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Nigel Slater - Eating for England, Episode 5

An inventive adaptation of Nigel Slater's food memoir.

Now in a home, Aunt Elvie still plays a central part in the life of Nigel Slater. Stars Celia Imrie and Julian Rhind Tutt.

Aunt Elvie, now in a home, continues to play a central part in Nigel's life.

Aunt Elvie......................Celia Imrie
Nigel Slater...................Julian Rhind-Tutt
Waiter...........................Nigel Slater
Nellie.............................Buffy Davies
Cynthia..........................Effie MacMillan

Eating for England, the successor to his highly acclaimed memoir Toast, is part food memoir, part collective memory bank of a nation's taste. Using the book as source material along with further conversations with Nigel, dramatist Sarah Daniels has written a playful reimagining. A grown up Nigel - played by Julian Rhind-Tutt, looks back on his childhood while caring for a now elderly, yet ever sparkling, Aunt Elvie, played by Celia Imrie.

Rich with sounds of the kitchen and recorded on location, with a cameo performance from Nigel himself.

What drives a cook to write about food? Why is there such a powerful link between memory and what we eat? And why is reading about food so irresistibly appetising?

Dramatised by Sarah Daniels.

Sound design by Eloise Whitmore.
  
Director:  Polly Thomas

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2014.

15 Minute Drama: Nigel Slater - Eating for England

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