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Wouldn't You Like to Get Away

Episode 3 of 6

Comatose Ben is taken to a medical conference in Birmingham, but his mind travels to Paris. Stars Neil Pearson. From July 2006.

Mary and Mum have a break when Ben's unconscious body gets driven to a medical conference in Birmingham.

But they can't quite bring themselves to leave the hospital.

Meanwhile, Ben's mind also takes a trip. Unfortunately, it's a trip back to the hotel in Paris, where he had the most miserable night of his life.

Starring Neil Pearson.

Nigel Smith's dark sitcom about a man in a coma, travelling through the distinctly odd landscape of his own unconscious mind.

Ben …. Neil Pearson
Jean/Mum …. Josie Lawrence
Mary …. Fiona Allen
Blitzkrieg …. Leslie Ash

With:

Dave Lamb
Mark Perry
Jo Martin
Hils Barker
Giles New
Lucy Montgomery
Scarlett Milburn-Smith
Elizabeth Bell

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 in July 2006.

30 minutes

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