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Moral Status and the Golden Boy

The mother of a boy on a life support machine asks for Joe's help and tells him something which changes everything. With Alun Armstrong and Deborah Findlay.

By Michael Chaplin. The parents of a young boy grievously injured in a cycling accident face the terrible decision of whether to leave him on a life-support machine indefinitely - or to switch it off.

The boy's mother asks Joe to help her husband face up to the decision - and tells Joe something which changes everything.

Alun Armstrong and Deborah Findlay star as the ex-Durham miner and the University philosopher who, together, bring human compassion and philosophy to bear in facing up to some of life's hardest dilemmas.

Directed by Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.

44 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Joe Snowball Alun Armstrong
Hermione Pink Deborah Findlay
Isabel Gina McKee
Gordon Deka Walmsley
Writer Michael Chaplin
Director Marilyn Imrie

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  • Tue 14 Mar 2017 14:15
  • Wed 27 Feb 2019 14:15

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