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A Fortunate Man

4 Extra Debut. John Berger鈥檚 moving account of a rural GP looking after his patients in Gloucestershire. With Adrian Scarborough. From 2020.

In 1966, the art critic and writer John Berger and the Swiss photographer Jean Mohr, spent several months shadowing a GP in The Forest Of Dean. The resulting book published a year later, was A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor - a moving meditation on society, the doctor-patient relationship and how we value a life

The Writer .... Peter Marinker
The Doctor .... Adrian Scarborough
Miriam .... Barbara Flynn
Harry .... Joe Sims
Timid Woman .... Carys Eleri
Black Haired Woman .... Scarlett Courtney

And the voices of Dorothy Burley, Kevin and Karen Wellham, Anne Childs and Robin Harris, recorded by the Reading the Forest project

Adapted for radio by Matthew Broughton

Director: John Norton

A 大象传媒 Cymru Wales production for 大象传媒 Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2020.

57 minutes

On radio

Tue 25 Feb 2025 15:00

Broadcasts

  • Sat 27 Jun 2020 15:00
  • Sat 10 Sep 2022 15:00
  • Tue 25 Feb 2025 15:00
  • Tue 25 Feb 2025 21:00
  • Wed 26 Feb 2025 05:00

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