Longevity

Mark Watson attempts to answer more big questions and make sense of life.

He's assisted by Tim Key and Tom Basden.

This time, Mark looks at "Longevity".

It's the big one - dear old Mr Death. Can we beat him?

Since time began, his win/lose record has been around 190 billion/1 (that's accepting Jesus rose from the dead, and maybe allowing a few draws for people who've been cryonically frozen, etc). Much of the world seems to be obsessed with the task of trying to defy age' and deny the inevitable - but is there actually a case for not wanting to live too long, because the world starts to become too confusing and your place in it less and less secure?

Mark dishes up some examples of ways this is already happening to him. Key and Basden attempt to persuade Mark the true glory of life is in enjoying it, not drawing it out endlessly.

Everyone asks the question - who really wants to live forever?

Written and performed by Mark Watson.

Producer: Lianne Coop

An Impatient production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2014.