Matter Of Life And Death - Part 2 Drama], A [Drama]

Dr Frank Reeves' sudden death reunites him in the Other World with Peter Carter, who hovers between life and death as his operation begins. Can they win Peter's celestial court case?

A Matter of Life and Death is a new adaptation of the classic 1946 movie by Emeric Powell and Michael Pressburger. Commissioned by the Ministry of Information as a propaganda exercise to aid Anglo-American relations, Powell and Pressburger instead delivered an epic romance about love, the afterlife and brain surgery. Even today it frequently tops lists of the greatest films ever made, and is referenced in everything from Wallace and Gromit to the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.

Peter Carter - .. Will Tudor

June Archer - .. Lydia West

Frank Reeves - .. Geoff McGivern

Administrator 48 - .. Miles Jupp

Bob Trubshawe - .. Jonny Weldon

Bhagat - .. Mikhail Sen

Judge - .. Jacqueline King

Other roles played by Alix Dunmore, David Benson, Georgie Grier, Dan Starkey and Justice Ritchie

Written by Ben Cottam

Adapted from the film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

Editing and sound design by Richard Fox

Music by Howard Carter

Produced and directed by Simon Barnard

A Bafflegab production for BBC Radio 4

Squadron Leader Peter Carter fights for his life as the celestial court case begins.

Dr Frank Reeves' death reunites him in the Other World with Peter Carter, who hovers between life and death as his operation begins. Can they win Peter's celestial court case?