大象传媒

Lovelorn romance writer Anna is up against a deadline for her latest potboiler, a tale of love, suffering and jealousy.

But her creative juices don't seem to be flowing as, after years of having a purely fictional love-life, she's met a real-live man.

She's also constantly thwarted by her characters, who keep leaping off the page into her living room to challenge her about their plotlines.

Starring Samantha Bond and Hugh Bonneville.

Michelle Read's four-part comedy-drama series.

Anna ...... Samantha Bond
Brian ...... Hugh Bonneville
Deirdre ...... Beth Chambers
Fertility Doll ...... Adjoa Andoh
Book ...... Michael Fenton Stevens

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in June 2000.