Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series, which has been published in 30 countries and sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The first book, The Spook's Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.

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The first six episodes of the BBC radio comedy drama about a couple who have been married for over 40 years but are still passionate about life, love and each other 
 
Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a married couple who met in the Summer of Love and have stayed together ever since. Children of the Sixties, they are still free spirits, drawn together by their love for music and one another. 
We follow their conversations from the café to the kitchen table, taking in everyday chores, dealing with problems with long-held friendships and tackling their frustrations with each other. With warmth, wit and honesty, they talk about the indignities of ageing (he has a dodgy knee and is on statins, she resents her new, tri-focal glasses), their desire to still be seen as attractive and their fears and vulnerabilities around growing older. 
 
There's jealousy and talk of affairs, confessions are made and long-held secrets are unearthed - but underlying it all is their enduring love for each other and their desire to keep the passion alive. 
 
Written by award-winning comedy writer and journalist Jan Etherington, and based on her own 35-year marriage, this gentle comedy will ring a bell with couples of all ages. 
 
Starring Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam 
Produced by Claire Jones 
A BBC Studios Production 
 
©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Conversations from a Long Marriage

A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama

The complete sixth series of the award-winning comedy drama starring Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam 
 
‘A work of supreme craftsmanship.’ Radio Times 
 
Roger Allam and Joanna Lumley return as the loving long-marrieds, still passionate about life, music and each other. 
 
Having taken a three-month break from their relationship following the shock revelation that Roger has an adult son, Joanna has come back home – though she’s still struggling to come to terms with his ‘new’ family. A mouse invasion brings the matter to a head, and she agrees to see a therapist, telling Roger she’s happy to go again: ‘...But she wants to see you first’. 
 
Change is in the air as the duo decide to sell their ‘money pit’ house and find a smaller place by the sea, and they’ve got Georgia on their minds as they take a trip to Savannah for the wedding of Roger’s grandson. When Joanna has a cataract operation and is banned from bending over, it’s down to Roger to pack up for their move to the coast – once they’ve hosted a farewell party, that is. And as moving day arrives, bringing chaos, craziness and a canine calamity, there are a few tears when Roger reveals he’ll miss his shed… 
 
Scripted by comedy writer and journalist Jan Etherington (Second Thoughts, Faith in the Future), this funny, warm-hearted sitcom will strike a chord with couples of all ages who are laughing, loving and keeping the dream alive. 
 
Production credits 
Written by Jan Etherington 
Produced by Claire Jones 
Sound engineer: Wilfredo Acosta 
Sound designer: Jon Calver 
Production coordinator: Sarah Nicholls 
An EcoAudio certified production 
A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4 
 
Starring Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 19 May-23 June 2025 
 
© 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Conversations from a Long Marriage: Series 6

A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama

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