Conversations from a Long Marriage

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Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a long-married couple trying to keep the passion alive.

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a long-married couple. Their conversations are practical, passionate, hilarious - and familiar to every couple. Written by Jan Etherington.

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Conversations from a Long Marriage: Series 3: 3. Travelling Light

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Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam star as long marrieds, in love with life and each other.

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam star as a long-married couple, in Jan Etherington’s award-winning comedy. This week Joanna climbs a mountain and Roger’s home alone. Or is he?

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam star in Jan Etherington’s award-winning comedy, as a couple who are passionate about life and each other. This week: Joanna plans a mountain trek but doesn’t think Roger’s knee is up to it. She reveals she’s asked the advice of the adventurer Rix Roden, which infuriates Roger, who suspects an attraction between them. Joanna heads off up the mountain, leaving Roger home alone. But perhaps not lonely?
Conversations from a Long Marriage won the Voice of the Listener and Viewer Award for Best Radio Comedy in 2020.
‘Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam have had illustrious acting careers but can they ever have done anything better than Jan Etherington’s two hander? This is a work of supreme craftsmanship.’ RADIO TIMES
‘Peppered with nostalgic 60s hits and especially written for the pair, it’s an endearing portrait of exasperation, laced with hard won tolerance – and something like love.’ THE GUARDIAN
‘The delicious fruit of the writer, Jan Etherington’s experience of writing lots of TV and radio, blessed by being acted by Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam. Treasure this one, produced by Claire Jones. Unlike many a current Radio 4 ‘comedy’, this series makes people laugh’ GILLIAN REYNOLDS. SUNDAY TIMES
‘You’ve been listening at my window, Jan’. JOANNA LUMLEY
‘The writing is spot on and Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam exquisite. So real, so entertaining. Please never stop making such terrific radio’. BBC DUTY LOG
‘Absolutely brilliant!! May it never end!’ BBC DUTY LOG
Conversations from a Long Marriage is written by Jan Etherington.  It is produced and directed by Claire Jones.  It is a BBC Studios Production.

Conversations from a Long Marriage: Series 3

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Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam return with the third series of this award-winning comedy.

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam return with the third series of Jan Etherington's award-winning comedy about a long-married couple in love with life and each other.

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