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Jailbird Lover

Comedy by Craig Hawes. Lonely bachelor Gwilym fulfils his relationship needs by writing to long-term women prisoners who he will never have to meet. Until one of them turns up.

Mid-Wales: and a lonely bachelor avoids personal contact as much as humanly possible, despite the best efforts of his well-meaning but nosey next door neighbours.

Gwilym Lloyd whiles away his time, pottering in the garden, learning the harmonica and writing letters to women serving long-term prison sentences in various jails around the world. Women that he knows he'll never have to meet.

When South Londoner Layla O'Dowd is released on early parole and suddenly shows up on the the doorstep of Gwilym's rural Welsh cottage out of the blue, his whole world is turned upside down. In the modern social media jungle of internet profiles and identity theft, the art of letter writing may seem quaintly old fashioned, but that doesn't mean that it's not fraught with the very same dangers.

Craig Hawes is a new Welsh writer. Jailbird Lover is his first Afternoon Drama. He takes a dark subject and shines a comedic light on crime, nosey neighbours, waterfalls, fate and true romance.

The music was played by harmonica virtuoso Julian Jackson.

A 主播大秀 Cymru/Wales Production, directed by Emma Bodger.

45 minutes

Last on

Mon 15 Sep 2014 14:15

Credits

Role Contributor
Gwilym Charles Dale
Layla Claire-Louise Cordwell
Mrs Davies Suzanne Packer
Owen Davies Iestyn Jones
Consuelo Manon Edwards
Writer Craig Hawes
Director Emma Bodger

Broadcasts

  • Thu 22 Mar 2012 14:15
  • Mon 15 Sep 2014 14:15

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