Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Shirley May | 20090407 | 20110118 (R4) | One of three specially-commissioned stories by Frances Fyfield examining the life of the deceased, from the perspectives of those who knew - or thought they knew - him best: his first love, his wife, and his trusted and shadowy lawyer. Joe Bloggs, or JB, or Joseph Benedict is dead: 'What a pity.' But he was a very different man to each of them, and similarly, the nature of that pity is very different. Shirley May met Joe at an East End funeral and lived with him for ten years before 'he went and married someone else'. He was a man of secrets and 'junk', but in her heart she never really let him go. The week before he died he sent her a key through the post, but the key to what? Readers: Sophie Stanton, Liza Ross and Hugh Ross Producer: Karen Rose A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. Joe Bloggs is dead, but who knew him best: his first love, his wife or his lawyer? One of three specially-commissioned stories by Frances Fyfield examining the life of the deceased, from the perspectives of those who knew - or thought they knew - him best: his first love, his wife, and his trusted and shadowy lawyer. Joe Bloggs, or JB, or Joseph Benedict is dead: 'What a pity.' But he was a very different man to each of them, and similarly, the nature of that pity is very different. Shirley May met Joe at an East End funeral and lived with him for ten years before 'he went and married someone else'. He was a man of secrets and 'junk', but in her heart she never really let him go. The week before he died he sent her a key through the post, but the key to what? Readers: Sophie Stanton, Liza Ross and Hugh Ross Producer: Karen Rose A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. Joe Bloggs is dead, but who knew him best: his first love, his wife or his lawyer? |
| 02 | Theodora | 20090408 | 20110119 (R4) | The second specially-commissioned story by Frances Fyfield examining the life of the deceased, from the perspectives of those who knew - or thought they knew - him best: his first love, his wife, and his trusted and shadowy lawyer. The 'someone else' Joe married was Theodora. He was her fourth husband and they met at an auction house. Curiously, Joe never wanted her to throw out the artefacts from her previous marriages, all those pictures on the walls of her beautiful home. Theodora also has a key ... Readers: Sophie Stanton, Liza Ross and Hugh Ross Producer: Karen Rose A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. Joe Bloggs is dead but who knew him best: his first love, his wife or his lawyer? The second specially-commissioned story by Frances Fyfield examining the life of the deceased, from the perspectives of those who knew - or thought they knew - him best: his first love, his wife, and his trusted and shadowy lawyer. The 'someone else' Joe married was Theodora. He was her fourth husband and they met at an auction house. Curiously, Joe never wanted her to throw out the artefacts from her previous marriages, all those pictures on the walls of her beautiful home. Theodora also has a key ... Readers: Sophie Stanton, Liza Ross and Hugh Ross Producer: Karen Rose A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. Joe Bloggs is dead but who knew him best: his first love, his wife or his lawyer? |
| 03 | Murray | 20090409 | 20110120 (R4) | The third specially-commissioned story by Frances Fyfield examining the life of the deceased, from the perspectives of those who knew - or thought they knew - him best: his first love, his wife, and his trusted and shadowy lawyer. Joe's trusted lawyer waits for the hearse outside a church in the City of London. While the two women put down Joe's frequent absences to assumed infidelity, Murray has a different take: 'Only two women in a life of fifty-five years? Well, that's because he was a man of huge but bridled passion.' And Murray and Joe shared a passion, namely, the less-than-kosher collecting of fine art and antiques. Murray is also waiting for the two women, but which one has the right key? Readers: Sophie Stanton, Liza Ross and Hugh Ross Producer: Karen Rose A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. Joe Bloggs is dead but who knew him best: his first love, his wife or his lawyer? The third specially-commissioned story by Frances Fyfield examining the life of the deceased, from the perspectives of those who knew - or thought they knew - him best: his first love, his wife, and his trusted and shadowy lawyer. Joe's trusted lawyer waits for the hearse outside a church in the City of London. While the two women put down Joe's frequent absences to assumed infidelity, Murray has a different take: 'Only two women in a life of fifty-five years? Well, that's because he was a man of huge but bridled passion.' And Murray and Joe shared a passion, namely, the less-than-kosher collecting of fine art and antiques. Murray is also waiting for the two women, but which one has the right key? Readers: Sophie Stanton, Liza Ross and Hugh Ross Producer: Karen Rose A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. Joe Bloggs is dead but who knew him best: his first love, his wife or his lawyer? |