Talking To Strangers

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Talking to Strangers

Sally Phillips

Lily Bevan

Sam Bryant

Talking to Strangers: Episode 1

04/02/2016

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 - Talking to Strangers, Episode 1

Comic monologues written and performed by Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan with star guests.

Comic monologues of talking to a stranger by Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan. With Emma Thompson and Olivia Colman. From 2016.

Comic monologues in which a range of characters find themselves engaging in that most un-British of activities: talking to a stranger. 

Each piece is a character study: funny, frank, absurd, moving... 

Characters include a sex councillor who loves to draw, a spy who loves to share, a woman who likes to help too much ('I'm a serial helpist...'), a frustrated falconer, and a cheater who has to call her cheatee the morning after. And in this show, the listener 'plays' the silent stranger in the piece...

Written and performed by Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan.

Guest stars include: 

Emma Thompson
Olivia Colman
Jessica Hynes
Steve Evets
Sinead Matthews
Joel Fry

Producer: Sam Bryant

A BBC Comedy production for BBC Radio 4 , first broadcast in February 2016.

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Comic monologues in which characters talk to a stranger. By Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan

Comic monologues in which characters talk to a stranger. Written and performed by Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan

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