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When I Fall

By Tom Wentworth. Aaron has cerebral palsy and falls over a lot. But can he negotiate a love affair with a man who wants to protect him all the time? A romance in seven falls.

By Tom Wentworth. Falling is part of Aaron's life. When he falls between the tube train and the platform he thinks his life is over - but it's about to begin.

Commuter Noah reaches down and pulls him into the carriage. Their eyes meet. This is their love story told through seven (of many in a lifetime) falls.

Zak Ford-Williams is an actor with cerebral palsy, best known for his screen role as Lord Remington in the Netflix series Bridgerton, Harry Hardacre in The Hardacres, and for his lead roles on stage in The Tragedy of Richard III, and The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man.

The author, Tom Wentworth, is a disabled/queer writer. His credits include Battery (Film4), Ralph and Katie (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One) Little Bits of Ruined Beauty (Pentabus/Unlimited), Glass Town (The Egg, Bath), Criptales: The Real Deal (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four) and Burke and Hare (Watermill, Newbury).

Cast
Aaron ..... Zak Ford-Williams
Noah ..... Sam Swann
Nancy ..... Joanna David
Becky ..... Rhiannon Neads
Sam ..... Hasan Dixon

Recorded by Paul Clark at Sonica
Sound Design by Pete Ringrose
Produced by Mary Peate
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

A Hooley production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4

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