Like Minded People (BBC Radio 4: Friday Play)

This BBC Radio 4 'Friday Play' is a heady mix of marriage, class, and politics, as Gillian and Ray attempt to keep their relationship alive over 25 years of social change. Starring Ruth Wilson and Tom Brooke, Like Minded People was originally broadcast on 4 February 2011. 
Gillian and Ray meet at University. She's from a privileged background whilst his father works in a hardware shop and his mother's a dinner lady. Despite this disparity, they embark on a relationship - a relationship that may well have burnt itself out except for a car accident that binds them together through a mixture of guilt and need. As their lives progress we are given an intimate portrait of the ups and downs of marriage and the political and social changes that help shape our lives. 
Starring Ruth Wilson as Gillian and Tom Brooke as Ray, Like Minded People was directed by Sally Avens. 
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David Eldridge (Author) David Eldridge is an award-winning dramatist whose plays include The Knot of the Heart (Off-West End Theatre Award for Best New Play), In Basildon (The Guardian Theatre Critics and Arts Writers No.1 Theatre of 2012) and Holy Warriors. He adapted The Scandalous Lady W for television, and his many radio credits include The Picture Man, The Secret Grief and Like Minded Children.

Picture Man, The (BBC Radio 3 Drama On 3)

The writer David Eldridge introduces his BBC Radio 3 full-cast drama, ‘The Picture Man’ starring Martin Freeman, about a man who despairs of the behaviour he sees around him and decides to take action.

David Eldridge is an award-winning dramatist whose plays include The Knot of the Heart (Off-West End Theatre Award for Best New Play), In Basildon (The Guardian Theatre Critics and Arts Writers No.1 Theatre of 2012) and Holy Warriors. He adapted The Scandalous Lady W for television, and his many radio credits include The Picture Man, The Secret Grief and Like Minded Children.

Neil decides he has been pushed too far by the uncaring and often callous behaviour he sees around him. But when he begins to intervene in incidents by taking pictures on his mobile phone, it has disastrous consequences.  Starring Martin Freeman as Neil, Heather Craney as Janine, Emil Marwa as Hussein and Peter Marinker as George. Also included in the cast are Jake Harders, Ania Sowinkski,  Bailey Pepper, Joseph Tremain, Anna Bengo, Laura Molyneux, Alex Lanipekun and Ben Crowe. Directed by Sally Avens. Originally broadcast in the ‘Drama on 3’ slot on 6 January 2008.

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Paul Chequer

Frances Barber

David Schofield

A BBC Radio 3 production from the 'Drama on 3' series exploring the idea of a fascism of the mind.Nigel is bored. But then he meets the glamorous Liv and Tony and becomes part of their beautiful world; a beauty that hides a disturbing secretDavid Eldridge's 'The Secret Grief' stars Paul Chequer as Nigel, Frances Barber as Liv, and David Schofield as Tony. Also featured amongst the cast are Struan Rodger, Alex Tregear, Stuart McLoughlin and Nyasha Hatendi.

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