Fortunate Man, A [Drama]

In 1966, the art critic and writer John Berger and the Swiss photographer Jean Mohr, spent several months shadowing a GP in The Forest Of Dean. The resulting book published a year later, was A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor - a moving meditation on society, the doctor-patient relationship and how we value a life

The Writer - Peter Marinker

The Doctor - Adrian Scarborough

Miriam - Barbara Flynn

Harry - Joe Sims

Timid Woman - Carys Eleri

Black Haired Woman - Scarlett Courtney

And the voices of Dorothy Burley, Kevin and Karen Wellham, Anne Childs and Robin Harris, recorded by the Reading the Forest project

Adapted for radio by Matthew Broughton

Director: John Norton

A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2020.

A writer follows a doctor going about his work in the mid-1960s in the Forest of Dean.

John Berger's moving account of a rural GP looking after his patients in Gloucestershire. With Adrian Scarborough. From 2020.

In 1966, art critic and writer John Berger and Swiss photographer Jean Mohr, spent several months shadowing a GP in The Forest Of Dean.

Dramatised by Matthew Broughton

With the voices of:

A writer follows a doctor going about his work in the mid-1960s Forest of Dean.

John Berger's moving account of a rural GP looking after his patients in Gloucestershire. Starring Adrian Scarborough.

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