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Loneliness Is a Crowded Head

Episode 2 of 6

Life outside hospital is a little fraught for comatose Ben. Luckily he finds an island refuge. Stars Neil Pearson. From 2009.

Ben's life is full of well-meaning people trying to do everything for him. Everything, that is, except leave him alone.

He begins to wonder if Robinson Crusoe might have been on to a good thing.

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
Blitz ...... Leslie Ash
Nurse ...... Jo Martin
Derek ...... Stephen Frost
Marley ...... Spencer Brown
Bea ...... Scarlett Milburn-Smith
Castaway ...... John Kay-Steel
Waiter ...... Bruce Alexander

Director: Nigel Smith.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2009.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 20 Jan 202423:00

Broadcasts

  • Tue 1 Dec 200923:00
  • Fri 30 Mar 201223:30
  • Sun 2 Feb 201423:00
  • Tue 21 Jul 201523:30
  • Tue 31 Oct 201723:30
  • Tue 31 Dec 201923:00
  • Wed 2 Jun 202123:30
  • Sat 20 Jan 202423:00