One Hundred and Fifty Days

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In 2023, award winning audio dramatist Oliver Emanuel was part way through writing a new play for radio when something happened to him and he found he could no longer read. This is his story: a powerful and poetic drama that is part audio play and part autobiography... A man and a woman are caught in a rip tide, the life they might have had together - flashing in front of their eyes. Another man and a woman are caught in an impossible situation, the life they have together - flashing in front of their eyes. One Hundred and Fifty Days is drawn from The Great Wave - Oliver Emanuel's unfinished audio drama and from All My Reading – his creative response to the experience of brain cancer. These two pieces of writing were edited together by Victoria Beesley and Kirsty Williams. Performed by: Robin Laing Shauna Macdonald Robert Jack Sound Design by Fraser Jackson Directed by Kirsty Williams Details of support with cancer are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline. You can read more about the author Oliver Emanuel and the background to the creation of his final radio play here: https://www.thebraintumourcharity.org/news/blog-post/150-days-olly-emanuels-last-radio-drama/