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It's Just Work

Joanna is distracted by a work project with a much younger man. Starring Roger Allam and Joanna Lumley. From January 2021.

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a couple who have been married 'forever'.

Children of the 1960s, they're still free spirits, drawn together by their passion for music and each other. Their recognisable warm and witty conversations dance around everything from health scares, jealousy and confessions, to TV incompatibility and sourdough bread.

In this episode, Joanna gets distracted by a work project, which happens to be with a man who just happens to be much younger and rather more exciting than Roger. When Roger complains about being pushed out of her life, he's told, in no uncertain terms, 'it's just work'. But is it?

Written for Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam by award-winning comedy writer and journalist Jan Etherington - who's been married for 34 years to Gavin Petrie, with whom she has created many hit Radio 4 Extra and TV series (Second Thoughts, plus Next of Kin, Faith in the Future, The Change),

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in January 2021.

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28 minutes

On radio

Tue 3 Dec 2024 08:00

Broadcasts

  • Wed 6 Jan 2021 18:30
  • Wed 13 Jan 2021 07:30
  • Wed 13 Jan 2021 17:30
  • Wed 13 Jan 2021 22:00
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