A Shoebox of Snow
NOMINATED Best Original Audio Drama, BBC Audio Drama Awards 2013 | SHORTLISTED Nick Darke Award 2010 (as a work in progress) | PRODUCED BY Justine Potter for Red Production Company / Savvy Productions, for BBC Radio 4 | FIRST BROADCAST 16 Sep 2011 | CAST Joe Armstrong, Edna Doré, Richard Briers, Julie Mayhew
23 old-78 vinyl records.
A wind-up gramophone. Good working order.
Various assorted hearing aids. Without batteries.
Albert and Renie have lived in their highrise council flat for 55 years and now the tower block is being demolished. Christopher from the Housing Department must help them clear out their hoards of trinkets, knick-knacks, doodads, thingamajigs and whatnots. He’s expecting to fill a few bin bags then be on his way, but it’s not that easy to throw away your past…
Reviews
“Wise and tender”
Gillian Reynolds, Daily Telegraph
“Very compassionate and very nicely done”
Paul Donovan, Sunday Times
“Beautiful, poignant and a privilege to listen to” Jane Anderson, Radio Times
“Lovely lovely lovely” –
Hardeep Singh Kholi
