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Dear Baby Mine (Omnibus)

Dear Baby Mine by Lucy Caldwell (Omnibus)

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Dear Baby Mine

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Dear Baby Mine by Lucy Caldwell (Omnibus)

The story of Conor who is coming to terms with not being able to father his own child.

The story of Conor who is coming to terms with not being able to father his own child. Stars Jonathan Harden and Laura Donnelly.

This is a story of rooms. Of waiting rooms. Or maybe just the one room and the endless variations on it.

When Conor is told he has the condition azoospermia and is not producing any sperm, he struggles to come to terms with the implications of his diagnosis. He cannot father his own child. He cannot give his wife Keeley the baby she so desperately longs for. He feels lost, confused, guilty, responsible. All his assumptions and expectations for the future are thrown out of the window. 

As both he and Keeley try to come to terms with the fact that Conor cannot father a child naturally and explore the other options available to them they embark on an emotional rollercoaster that will challenge their assumptions, their relationship, and their idea of family. 

Lucy Caldwell is an award-wining playwright and novelist whose work is no stranger to Radio 4. Her novels 'The Meeting Point' and 'All the Beggars Riding' were serialised on Book at Bedtime and her dramas include 'Notes to Future Self', 'Avenues of Eternal Peace', 'Quicksands' and the Imison award winning 'Girl from Mars'.

Conor …. Jonathan Harden
Keeley …. Laura Donnelly
Air Hostess / Nurse …. Emilie Hetland
Therapist …. Maggie Cronin
Chris …. Christopher Simpson
Doctor …. Mary Moulds
Ryan …. Faolan Morgan
Annie …. Mary Murray
Ruby …. Clodagh Casey

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2016.

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