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Radio 4,17 Oct 2025,44 mins

Talking to Chickens

Drama of the Week

Expires on Friday 10:00am

Darkly comic, heart-warming drama by award-winning writer, Christine Entwisle. Toots is an octogenarian living unhappily in a care home. She wants more outdoor days, she wants her allotment back and she wants to see her chickens. A doctor is sent to assess Toots. But she's menopausal and struggling with a variety of unhelpful symptoms. And when the doctor forces open Toots’ window to relieve a hot flush and then forgets to shut it, Toots makes a break for it. Cast: Toots… Susan Jameson The Doctor… Rosie Cavaliero The Policeman… Dennis Herdman Trevor…Danny Hughes Sound Design by Craig Dormer Directed by Kirsty Williams

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