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Suggs: My Mad-Life Crisis

The Madness front man tells his funny and moving true-life story. Adapted for radio by Owen Lewis from the stage play My Life In Words And Music by Graham McPherson and Toby Follet.

The Madness frontman tells his funny and moving true-life story.

The death of Suggs' beloved cat on his fiftieth birthday triggers a personal quest to discover what happened to the father he never knew. Stunned by what he learns, Suggs takes us back to his childhood and his first appearance on Top Of The Pops at the age of eighteen.

Adapted for radio by Owen Lewis from the stage play My Life In Words And Music by Graham McPherson and Toby Follet.

Other parts played by Ewan Bailey and Philippa Stanton.

Pianist: Dean Mumford

Director: Owen Lewis
Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.

45 minutes

Last on

Fri 23 Mar 201814:15

Credits

RoleContributor
ActorSuggs
ActorEwan Bailey
ActorPhilippa Stanton
WriterGraham McPherson
WriterToby Follet
AbridgerOwen Lewis
DirectorOwen Lewis
ProducerKaren Rose

Broadcasts

  • Christmas Eve 201514:15
  • Fri 23 Mar 201814:15

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