3. Rituals and Myths

Anders opens up about Birgitt and ritual. Tina considers the life-cycle of the farm.

In 1964, Professor Glob, the curator of the Silkeborg Museum in Denmark, dedicated his book The Bog People to a group of schoolgirls who had written to him about his recent archaeological discoveries.

50 years later, at a defining moment in her life, Tina Hopgood writes him another letter about a planned pilgrimage to Denmark with her best friend, Bella, to visit the 2000-year-old Tollund Man.

Why did they never make the trip?

She doesn’t expect a reply.

When Anders Larsen, a lonely museum curator responds, neither does he.

Their unexpected correspondence becomes a shared meditation on love, loss, life choices made and the opportunity to make new and different ones.

Anne Youngson's novel in the form of letters.

Adapted by Richard Leaf.

Tamsin Greig ...... Tina
Paul Ritter ...... Anders

Producer: Karen Rose

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.