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3. Pregnancy

Anders' daughter Karin is pregnant. Will she tell the father? A tale of second chances starring Tamsin Grieg and Paul Ritter.

Anders' daughter Karin is pregnant. Will she tell the father?

In 1964, Professor Glob, the curator of the Silkeborg Museum in Denmark, dedicated his book The Bog People to a group of schoolgirls who had written to him about his recent archaeological discoveries.

Fifty years later, at a defining moment in her life, Tina Hopgood writes him another letter about a planned pilgrimage to Denmark with her best friend, Bella, to visit the 2000-year-old Tollund Man.

Why did they never make the trip?

She doesn’t expect a reply.

When Anders Larsen, a lonely museum curator responds, neither does he.

Their unexpected correspondence becomes a shared meditation on love, loss, life choices made and the opportunity to make new and different ones.

Anne Youngson's novel in the form of letters.

Adapted by Richard Leaf.

Tamsin Greig ...... Tina
Paul Ritter ...... Anders

Producer: Karen Rose

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.

14 minutes

On radio

Wednesday 08:45

Broadcasts

  • Wed 24 Mar 2021 10:45
  • Wed 22 Sep 2021 12:04
  • Wednesday 08:45
  • Wednesday 13:45
  • Wednesday 19:45
  • Thursday 03:45