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Don't Bet on It

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TV racing can't bring Ben out of his coma - so what use is his predicting the winners? Stars Neil Pearson. From July 2006.

As Ben lies on a ventilator in hospital, Mary and Mum put the racing on to try to bring him out of his coma.

It doesn't work, but Ben does somehow seem to have developed a knack for predicting the winners, if only he could think of a way of telling anyone.

Meanwhile John Dee, Queen Elizabeth I's own fortune teller, appears in Ben's brain, with some unhelpful observations about what the future might hold.

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
Blitzkrieg ...... Leslie Ash

With:

Mark Perry
Dave Lamb
Jo Martin
Giles New
Hils Barker
David Mitchell

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 28 Nov 202422:30
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