Imaginary Boys
Paul Magrs's fantastical love story about the difficulties of being a teenager, being gay, and being from another planet.
By Paul Magrs.
A fantastical tale of teenage love and close encounters.
17 year-old David Taylor begins to see the world in a different light when he meets Lawrence. Lawrence is new in town, new to earth actually - he claims to be from Verbatim 6, a small planet about three hundred light years away. A strange but very real story of a burgeoning teenage relationship, with all the fear and confusion that goes with it.
Paul Magrs is a scriptwriter and novelist, whose writing has been described by The Guardian as 'gloriously, zanily ludicrous... unique, idiosyncratic and unclassifiable...' His hugely-popular series of Brenda and Effie novels were adapted for BBC7 in 2008 as a three-part mini-series (Never the Bride), whilst previous commissions for Radio 4 include Life After Mars, Sunseeker and The Longsight Branch.
Directed by Scott Handcock
A BBC Cymru Wales Production.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| David | James Baxter |
| Lawrence | Geoffrey Breton |
| Mam | Jill Halfpenny |
| Dad | Daniel Brocklebank |
| Simon | Daniel Brocklebank |
| Robert | Liam Dascombe |
| Director | Scott Handcock |
| Writer | Paul Magrs |
Broadcast
- Thu 3 Oct 201314:15BBC Radio 4
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