2. Jealousy

When Dr Andrew Manson personally assists in helping the sick Dr Page, it causes jealousy and friction with Dr Page's sister.

Though Manson has fallen in love and feels like he can take on the world, much to the irritation of his friend and narrator, Dr Denny.

Set in a mid 1920s South Wales mining town, Drineffy.

Based on AJ Cronin's ground breaking novel, which is said to have partly inspired the creation of the NHS.

Manson ...... Richard Fleeshman
Denny ...... Julian Lewis Jones
Blodwen Page ...... Sue Jenkins
Dr Page ...... Seamus O'Neill
Branwell ...... Philip Fox

Dramatised by Christopher Reason.

Producer: Pauline Harris and Gary Brown.
Director: Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.