Drama: Susan and Sam
Radio 4, 2.15pm
Fans of Faebian Averies’ debut radio play The Lemonade Lads (which won this year’s Imison Award for best script by a writer new to radio at the BBC Audio Drama Awards) will already know she is blessed with a rare ability to mix vivid comic absurdity with a deep sense of the humane. This new play spotlights that talent again, a highly entertaining story of two lonely souls (played by Averies and David Hargreaves) whose chance meeting via an Alzheimer ’s induced misunderstanding, in a characterful Welsh seaside town, has a profound impact on both their lives. Wonderful.