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An original new musical narrated by Stephen Fry and performed by the BBC Philharmonic.

An international love story staged for radio, U.Me: The Musical tells the story of two young people on opposite sides of the world who meet online and make a true connection during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Having moved to London to start a new job just as everything in her world stops, Rose (Anoushka Lucas) meets Ryo (Martin Sarreal) across a crowded video conference at work. He's a Japanese-American living in Kyoto experiencing a quarter-life crisis and is starting out again. Alone and together during the lockdowns they make sense of it all between them and find hope and joy amidst everything.

Special guest narrator is Stephen Fry.

53 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 May 202114:06GMT
BBC World Service UK DAB/Freeview, Europe and the Middle East & Online only

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U.Me: An Animation of the Musical

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Broadcasts

  • Wed 12 May 202119:06GMT
    BBC World Service except Australasia, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
  • Sat 22 May 202121:06GMT
    BBC World Service West and Central Africa
  • Sun 23 May 202100:06GMT
    BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
  • Sun 23 May 202108:06GMT
    BBC World Service Australasia, South Asia & East Asia only
  • Sun 23 May 202113:06GMT
    BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
  • Sun 23 May 202114:06GMT
    BBC World Service UK DAB/Freeview, Europe and the Middle East & Online only

U.Me: Watch the complete musical on YouTube

U.Me: Watch the complete musical on YouTube

Watch Rose and Ryo's fully animated love story on the World Service YouTube channel

Download the souvenir programme

Download the souvenir programme

Find out more about the story, cast and creative team in our downloadable PDF programme

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