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Dark sitcom about Ben living a fantasy life while lying in a coma. Stars Neil Pearson.

Dark sitcom about Ben living a fantasy life of his own creation - while his family argue over him from the real world. Starring Neil Pearson.

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Life outside hospital is a little fraught for Ben. Luckily he finds an island refuge.

Life outside hospital is a little fraught for comatose Ben. Luckily he finds an island refuge. Stars Neil Pearson. From 2009.

Ben's life is full of well-meaning people trying to do everything for him. Everything, that is, except leave him alone. 

He begins to wonder if Robinson Crusoe might have been on to a good thing.

Starring Neil Pearson.

Nigel Smith's dark sitcom about a man in a coma, travelling through the distinctly odd landscape of his own unconscious mind.

Ben ...... Neil Pearson
Mary ...... Fiona Allen
Mum ...... Josie Lawrence
Blitz ...... Leslie Ash
Nurse ...... Jo Martin
Derek ...... Stephen Frost
Marley ...... Spencer Brown
Bea ...... Scarlett Milburn-Smith
Castaway ...... John Kay-Steel
Waiter ...... Bruce Alexander

Director: Nigel Smith.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2009.

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Dark comedy series about a man lying in hospital in a coma, written by Nigel Smith

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