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Swimmer is a radio play by Christopher Russell. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 01 April 1984, and won a Giles Cooper Award that same year. The script also won the Radio Times Play competition in 1983[1]. Running time - 51 minutes.

Plot[]

A young disabled boy becomes a swimmer and discovers liberation in the water.

Cast[]

  • Neil - Julian Firth
  • Michelle - Tillie Vosburgh
  • Ken - John Rowe
  • Mother - Jane Wenham
  • Father - James Bryce
  • Jacko - Alex Jennings
  • 1st Boy - Michael Jenner
  • 2nd Boy - Ian Hoare
  • Official - John Rowe

Directed by Richard Wortley

Critical Reception[]

References[]

  1. Best Radio Plays of 1984 Methuen/BBC 1985
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