2. Virgins on the Dole
Shut away in their room, June and Jennifer live through their dolls. They dream of being famous writers but fear they鈥檙e wasting their lives and long for more adventure.
June and Jennifer have left school and shut themselves away in their room, living their lives through their dolls. They record their innermost thoughts in their diaries 鈥� feelings they felt unable to communicate to those around them. The twins dream of becoming famous authors and write vividly imagined stories, plays and novels. After some publishing success, they fear they鈥檙e wasting their youth and yearn for more teenage adventure 鈥� but at what cost?
Credits:
Narrator: Linda Mitchell
Producer: Beccy Leach
Assistant Producer: Jessica Gunasekara
Sound design: Cathy Robinson
Executive producer: Karen Voisey
Voice director: John Norton
Original title music: Kizzy Crawford
Voice of young June: Bethan Mary-James
Voice of young Jennifer: Olivia Forrest
Production manager: Andrea Deere
With thanks to Marjorie Wallace
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June: Voice of a Silent Twin
June Gibbons tells the tragic story of her and her sister Jennifer in her own words.
