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Rose decides to move to Chicago, while Sam struggles to 'do the right thing' and stand by Bayley. With Rebecca Humphries.

Sam loves Rose. And Rose loves Sam.

But in forty weeks' time, a girl called Bayley is having Sam's baby. As Sam struggles to do 'the right thing', Rose decides to move to Chicago for a fresh start.

Romantic comedy by Katherine Jakeways about the fallout from an unexpected one night stand.

Forty Weeks tells the story of a pregnancy, from conception to birth. It's a love story between two people, just not the two people who are having the baby.

Rose…. Rebecca Humphries
Sam…. Matthew Baynton
Bayley…. Kimberley Nixon
Mum…. Julia Deakin
Technician.... Alison Belbin
Teacher.... Katherine Jakeways
Receptionist.... Finlay Robertson

Director: James Robinson

A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2016.

10 months left to listen

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 5 Oct 202202:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

RoseRebecca Humphries
SamMathew Baynton
BayleyKimberley Nixon
MumJulia Deakin
TechnicianAlison Belbin
TeacherKatherine Jakeways
ReceptionistFinlay Robertson
WriterKatherine Jakeways
DirectorJames Robinson

Broadcasts

  • Tue 6 Dec 201610:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 6 Dec 201619:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 4 Oct 202214:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 5 Oct 202202:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra