Little Lifetimes

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Little Lifetimes by Jenny Eclair

Drama: Relationships & Romance

Short stories by Jenny Eclair in which different women share their secrets.

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Little Lifetimes by Jenny Eclair: Series 5: A Long Weekend

A Long Weekend

Series 5

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Anne Reid stars in Jenny Eclair's comic monologue about a difficult family visit.

4 Extra Debut. Anne Reid stars as a woman finding nothing as she would like when visiting her son in London. Comic monologue from 2019.

Cathy and Allan leave Yorkshire to pay a visit to their son and his wife in London, but nothing is as Cathy would like. 

And she can't visit her other son as he lives in Hong Kong and she can only fly short haul - 'I can't go over the equator, well you've got to draw a line and to be honest Hackney is more than far enough'

Starring Anne Reid

Series of comic monologue written by Jenny Eclair.

Producer: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.

Little Lifetimes by Jenny Eclair: Series 5

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Short stories by Jenny Eclair in which different women share their secrets

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