
After treatment for ovarian and breast cancer, Chippy is mad, Jill is sad and Terri is definitely dangerous to know. From 2014.
After treatment for ovarian and breast cancer Chippy, mad Jill is sad and Terri is definitely dangerous to know!
The road back after cancer treatment can be tricky and full of obstacles.
Two middle-aged women and their younger friend seek to regain their zest for life and love by learning to dance at Bad Salsa, the club where everyone knows your name but no-one knows your prognosis!
Depictions of people with cancer on TV and radio too often follow a standard format; there is the diagnosis, the depression the chemo, then the false recovery followed by the tragic death.
Written by Kay Stonham, Bad Salsa tries to paint a picture at once more hopeful and more in line with survival rates, which have improved immensely over the past 20 years.
For many, 'living with cancer' is now their day-to-day challenge. Our characters have finished their treatment and are in the process of finding their way back to normal life or at least finding a "new normal."
Everyday challenges must go on like boring marriages, distracting crushes, troublesome children, difficult workmates and infuriating parents. But their brush with mortality gives them a new perspective.
So do they preserve their pre-cancer status quo, or in Terri's words, to say, "sod it all" and "go for it!"?
Follow the women as they embrace the world of salsa whilst they adjust to life after cancer.
Terry ...... Camille Coduri
Chippy ...... Sharon Rooney
Jill ...... Natasha Little
Marco ...... Doc Brown
Gordon ...... Andrew Obeney
Colin ...... David Cann
Georgie ...... Emily Chase
Tim ...... Matt Houlihan
Sara ...... Antonia Reid
Chippy's Mum ...... Kay Stonham
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2014.
Last on
More episodes
Previous
You are at the first episode
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Terry | Camille Coduri |
| Chippy | Sharon Rooney |
| Jill | Natasha Little |
| Marco | Doc Brown |
| Gordon | Andrew Obeney |
| Colin | David Cann |
| Georgie | Emily Chase |
| Tim | Matt Houlihan |
| Sara | Antonia Reid |
| Chippy's Mum | Kay Stonham |
| Writer | Kay Stonham |
| Producer | Alison Vernon-Smith |
Broadcasts
- Mon 7 Jul 201411:30BBC Radio 4
- Wed 28 Jun 201711:30BBC Radio 4
- Sun 7 Oct 201807:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 7 Oct 201817:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 7 Oct 201822:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Mon 8 Oct 201805:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 13 Mar 202007:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 13 Mar 202017:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 14 Mar 202005:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 23 Nov 202107:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 23 Nov 202117:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 24 Nov 202105:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 27 Nov 202112:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 6 Jun 202307:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 6 Jun 202312:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 6 Jun 202317:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 7 Jun 202302:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 6 May 202508:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 6 May 202513:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 6 May 202519:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 7 May 202503:00BBC Radio 4 Extra