B&B
B&B signifies Bed and Breakfast. it's also the names of old chums Brenda and Brian. Will their house-guests be comfortable? Or is 鈥榗osy crime鈥� on the menu?
B&B - the tale of Brian and Brenda. These lifelong chums are just opening a small Bed and Breakfast in the Shropshire hills, by the Welsh border. But is 鈥榗osy crime鈥� also on the menu?
Martin Jarvis directs this comedy drama, where perhaps not everything is quite so cosy. Murderous, in fact?
The cast includes Nina Wadia (EastEnders, National Theatre, Goodness Gracious Me) as Brenda, and Michael Simkins (Father Brown, Silent Witness, National Theatre) as Brian.
Does everyone in this ingenious play have something to hide? Rose Williams (Sanditon, Reign) as a downtrodden young wife? Adam Sopp (Call The Midwife, Harry Potter video games) as her personal-trainer husband? Or Lorna Laidlaw (Coronation Street, Doctors) playing garrulous Mrs Marigold, and Toyin Omari-Kinch(Cloudfall, An Enemy Within) as her mild grandson Joe-Joe?
Which of them might not be all they seem?
Written by David Semple (Father Brown, Shakespeare & Hathaway, Casualty, Doctors)
Cast:
Brenda鈥ina Wadia
Brian鈥ichael Simkins
Sue鈥orna Laidlaw
Ellie鈥ose Williams
Karl鈥dam Sopp
Joe-Joe鈥oyin Omari-Kinch
Sound design: Olly Thompson
Music composed and played by A-Mnemonic
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
Director: Martin Jarvis
A Jarvis & Ayres production for 91福利社 Radio 4
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- Thu 9 Jul 2026 14:1591福利社 Radio 4
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