Charlotte and Lillian

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Comedy by about a young charity volunteer and the old lady she has been paired with.

Comedy by Holly Walsh and Kat Sommers about a young charity volunteer and the old lady she has been paired with. With Miriam Margolyes and Helen Monks.

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Charlotte and Lillian: Series 3: The Jump

The Jump

Series 3

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Comedy and philosophy on BBC Radio 4, as Charlotte and Lillian contemplate mortality.

Determined not to waste her life, Charlotte signs up for a bungee jump. Lillian wonders out loud if feeling dead inside is what makes someone need an adrenaline rush.

Charlotte (Helen Monks) and Lillian (Miriam Margolyes) are back, continuing with a Befriend the Elderly scheme despite not liking each other much. Both are convinced they’re doing the other a favour - Charlotte by providing company for a lonely old lady, Lillian by filling gaps on the CV of a self-absorbed millennial.

Episode 4: The Jump
In the last episode of the series, self-absorbed Charlotte, ever keen to do good and feel good, signs up for a charity bungee jump - inadvertently discovering that her fear of death is far greater than Lillian's. An unexpected discovery in Lillian's house leads to them both contemplating life, death and the prospect of being forgotten.

Miriam Margolyes is one of the most recognisable actresses working today. This year, at the age of 80, she has told her life story, which is being published as a memoir.

Helen Monks is the Co-Artistic Director of Lung Theatre, and the co-host of Bitchin', a podcast with Tilly Steele. She plays Shakespeare's daughter Susanna in Upstart Crow, and the young Caitlin Moran in Raised by Wolves.

Written by Kat Sommers.


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Charlotte and Lillian: Series 3

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

Self-absorbed Charlotte perseveres as a charity befriender to the irascible Lillian.

Charlotte (Helen Monks) is back as a charity befriender, visiting Lillian (Miriam Margolyes). They don't really like each other, but both believe they're doing the other a favour.

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