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4. If You Go Away

Joanna has a health scare and worries that she has not lived a life of achievement and will never have a blue plaque, or win a Booker Prize. Then they both receive very sad news

Conversations from a Long Marriage is a two-hander, starring Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam, as a long-married couple who met in the Summer of Love and are still passionate about life, music and each other. We listen to – and empathise with - their dangling ‘conversations’ covering everything from health scares, jealousy and confessions, to TV incompatibility and sourdough bread.

In EPISODE 4, Joanna has a health scare and tells Roger that she’s frightened they’ll both die before HS2 is completed and ‘I don’t want to be in a world if we are not in it.’ He struggles to respond with a sensible answer. Then they both receive very bad news.

Written by Jan Etherington. Produced and directed by Claire Jones. Production co-ordinator Beverly Tagg. A Â鶹Éç Studios Production.

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28 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Wed 20 Jan 2021 18:30
  • Wed 27 Jan 2021 07:30
  • Wed 27 Jan 2021 17:30
  • Wed 27 Jan 2021 22:00
  • Thu 28 Jan 2021 05:30
  • Wed 25 Jan 2023 18:30
  • Wed 1 Feb 2023 22:00