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Charlotte Jones - Airswimming

Touching play of friendship between two women, who find common ground when confined to an insane asylum. Stars Sophie Thompson.

Persephone is just planning for her coming out ball, when she finds herself consigned to a rather puzzling finishing school: St Dymphna's Hospital for the Criminally Insane.

An uplifting comedy of friendship; fantasy and freedom by Charlotte Jones.

Stars Charlotte Jones as Dora, Sophie Thompson as Persephone, Marcia Warren as Porph, Elizabeth Bradley as Dorph and Geoffrey Whitehead as the Dastardly Man.

Director: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.

45 minutes

Last on

Tue 22 Jan 201921:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Fri 11 Apr 201411:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 11 Apr 201421:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 12 Apr 201404:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 31 Aug 201611:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 31 Aug 201621:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 22 Jan 201911:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 22 Jan 201921:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra