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A Certain Date by Alan Harris

Geoff is a busy pest control technician. Then Mystic June tells him something to alter his life. Stars Julian Lewis Jones.

Geoff Levine, aka the Slim Reaper, is a pest control technician. All day long he kills rats and other vermin. Until Mystic June tells him something that will alter the rest of his life – what's left of it anyway.

A surreal and darkly comic exploration of the meaning of death. With talking pigeons.

A series of linked plays that start in a Register Office and end in either a birth, a marriage or a death.

Geoff ..... Julian Lewis Jones
Valmai ..... Sara McGaughey
Sandy ..... Katy Owen
Mystic June ..... Lisa Palfrey
Doctor Ramis ..... Richard Mitchley
Pigeon ..... Sion Pritchard
King Rat ..... Michael Bertenshaw

Written by Alan Harris
Directed by Helen Perry

A BBC Cymru Wales production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.

45 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
GeoffJulian Lewis Jones
ValmaiSara McGaughey
SandyKaty Owen
Mystic JuneLisa Palfrey
Doctor RamisRichard Mitchley
PigeonSion Pritchard
King RatMichael Bertenshaw
DirectorHelen Perry
WriterAlan Harris

Broadcasts

  • Wed 16 Jul 201414:15
  • Thu 8 Sep 201614:15
  • Thu 6 Jun 201911:15
  • Thu 6 Jun 201921:15

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