The Great British Radio Play Presents................................................. Alices Friend

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Жыл бұрын

When 84-year-old Alice employs Len as her chauffeur, a genuine friendship gradually develops between them. But this does not meet with the approval of Alice's son and daughter who think that Len is after the old woman's money, and even Len's wife and family begin to resent the amount of time he gives her.
Writer: Owen Holder
Piano: Neil Rhoden
Director: Ian Cotterell
Alice: Joyce Carey
Len: Harold Goodwin
Enid: Pauline Letts
Hampton: Owen Holder
Charles: David Gooderson
Muriel: Jean Trend
Donald: Spencer Banks
Robert: Stephen Garlick
Phyllis: Theresa Streatfield
Additional Music :
I Don't Smoke
By Mythical Score Society
Artwork:
Judge Mental
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@rosellevaldes-scott7161 2 ай бұрын

Just wonderful. V. Gratefully

@feralbluee 5 ай бұрын

The actors are wonderful in this radio play. I forgot they were acting completely and got totally caught up in their relationship :) 🌷🌱

@lenac7655 Жыл бұрын

Wow, I'm in tears.😢Such a sad and beautiful story. People can be so shallow, envious, and suspicious of proper relationships. We think of those we love as only ours. Thank you so much for sharing.💕

@CW-xf1li Жыл бұрын

I'm so saddened at the end. It's amazing how well you can paint the scenes in your own mind with the right voice actors. I'm so glad I found this channel.

@annettebernier8346 4 ай бұрын

These plays here on KZfaq have become my favorite videos. I am very happy to have discovered your channel today and this poignant play.

@janegarvey3730 Ай бұрын

Fabulous

@glendacame5931 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful, touching story. And so true - 'what people do to people'!

@joyofthings 10 ай бұрын

Thankyou so much.xx🐝🐝

@wyominghome4857 9 ай бұрын

A lovely and thought provoking play (and a reminder to keep your independence and never allow grown children to know your finances or get control of your affairs!)

@jakhan4203 Жыл бұрын

Actual tears at the end...wonderful...

@stephenwilson4064 8 ай бұрын

Thank-you for uploading this excellent play . Nothing to touch it on the radio these days . Beautifully acted and really drew me in right until it’s sad unexpected end - loved it

@coupe_dville 9 ай бұрын

This was excellent from beginning to end.💜💛💜💛

@pamelamyers9613 6 ай бұрын

I don't understand why these videos will not play consecutively.😊

@susanhicks2720 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful story and very sad 😪

@joanmyers5148 Жыл бұрын

Thank you , I did enjoy this play

@timw4383 5 ай бұрын

Wow, I didn't expect that ending. It really broke my heart.

@user-zn7of3bd6o 9 ай бұрын

😢 Thank you very much ❤

@dermotrichardsheils4971 Жыл бұрын

Poignant stuff. Really enjoyed it. Thanks for uploading.

@Pdjohnners 8 ай бұрын

What a beautifully acted play. The end was desperately sad, but still an excellent production. Thank you for posting.

@lubalubinsky3992 Жыл бұрын

Such an engaging story. It just had to end this way. 😢

@principlephotography7820 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic play.

@albie7581 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for posting this Story didn't expect the ending Would give it Five stars if I could.

@jamc9459 Жыл бұрын

My best buddy on Maui, is 91, im 65.....we get on the phone and laugh for 40 min straight until she says something like, 'i have to go pee, or i need to eat' love happens wherever GOD plants it. She's my good buddy, it just took us a while to find each other. GOD is funny that way:)

@TheDriftwoodlover Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this. I appreciate that you posted it.

@NeilHollis 9 ай бұрын

Heard a few times but this version was the best

@Ldifferent Жыл бұрын

What a great play! Thk you.

@luclucia5210 Жыл бұрын

well, this is a brilliant story! I am so sad, tears rolling.... Brilliant writing! Thank you for uploading

@vintagebrew1057 7 ай бұрын

Joyce Carey played the snooty station waiting room buffet manager in "Brief Encounter".

@TedaR Жыл бұрын

I remember this well. I've enjoyed it several times so I'll give it a miss this go round. It's well acted, touching & a bit sad.

@wendy6512 5 ай бұрын

Excellent got me in the end 😢

@estewart6745 Жыл бұрын

Oh my word! What an unexpected and sad ending... Great story, thanks!

@luciacurtis2381 Жыл бұрын

I've so enjoyed this it made me cry at the end 😢Well done thank you for letting this play be heard

@SarahBertaglia Жыл бұрын

Beautiful!💐

@MartysWhiteSuit Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this. Spotted Spencer Banks's voice right off. I was a big Timeslip fan.

@jadewinter7 Жыл бұрын

An interesting play, because there were negative elements in everyone. While Len never wanted to take advantage of Alice, he never established boundaries. He also chose his employer over his wife a number of times. Not to mention slapping Enid when she'd had enough of his behavior. Alice was also selfish, using her dwindling days on Earth as leverage to make her grateful employee indulge her far too often. And the families of Len and Alice were at times jealous and mean-spirited, coming up with unfounded suspicions and acting out of resentment. I thought this was a well-written play.

@trailtoimprove 9 ай бұрын

I agree: Alice pushed too much and he put no boundaries

@annipetratos9401 7 ай бұрын

But Enid wanted Len to take the job...was a job. She was jealous when he started enjoying it? Also Enid was invited.

@vickislominski7618 Жыл бұрын

Truly enjoyed. Thank you!

@flossey100 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤

@brendadixon221 Жыл бұрын

❤

@markwilliams3174 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Len had a heart of gold then he struck Enid. The constant smoking references created an anticipation that it was going to lead to tragic circumstances. Interesting how also loyal servant class is easily oppressed by false allegations of property theft by the rich. As a servant, don't get in situations that could lead to entrapment & false accusations from the ruling class

@CuriosityVaultChannel Жыл бұрын

When your videos pop up, it's impossible to see the title of the video because you guys put so many dots between your guys channel name, and the name of the video... This makes it hard to know what the video is about.

@seanaj 9 ай бұрын

thought stella was bad....

@bethc5905 Жыл бұрын

Too sad!

@annipetratos9401 7 ай бұрын

😢

@feralbluee 5 ай бұрын

How can people people be so self centered, just plain mean, and not join in (his wife). My god, she’s 85! She’s charming - why can’t that miserable wife join in instead of complaining and whining. Just awful people!! A commenter below said the ending was so sad, so I’m turning it off now 52:17 . Don’t like bad endings to stories like this just cause the author thought it should end that way! It’s not showing from within the story that things can be bad, but from without. It’s not Dickens or the Brontës. So I’m leaving them happy :) 🌷🌱

@Teapot333 10 ай бұрын

Very poignant. Brilliant acting.

@elaineedgar2913 Жыл бұрын

That pic isn’t Joyce Carey. An actress of note in the 70s and 80s.

@Noblerot1830 9 ай бұрын

Joyce Carey acted from much earlier too. Notably in Brief Encounter

@lynettewerner3559 Жыл бұрын

This was such a good story but I was a little confused when Mr. Coopers wife showed up at the end. He slapped his wife then what happened? Then he died!

@marymcandrew7667 Жыл бұрын

I was confused too.

@julieselman6332 9 ай бұрын

I believe he had a heart attack.

@wyominghome4857 9 ай бұрын

Mr. Cooper had a heart attack and died. At the end his family and Alice's son and daughter and their spouses are graveside at the end of the burial. Alice's son and daughter invite Enid and Mr. Cooper's son to have tea with them. Suddenly all are very civilized and, I suspect, feeling guilty. But Alice refuses to go along. She prefers to sit a bit longer at his grave. It is clear from her final words that she has grown so close to Mr. Cooper that she longs to join her friend in death, which won't be very long in coming.

@leannageyer943 Жыл бұрын

If we are supposed to be able to hear what is being said, GET RID of the music. It’s too loud.

@alanhughs461 Жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable bit disappointed the ending 😢 don't think it did the play justice

@michaelcollins8845 Жыл бұрын

Plz someone confirm....did cooper die or go away for killing his wife

@tinkerpinkerton5449 Жыл бұрын

He died. His wife asked the old girl back for tea at the funeral. I think he must've had a heart attack ? I was confused a little there.

@MartysWhiteSuit Жыл бұрын

@@tinkerpinkerton5449 Yes. The stress of the situation gave Len the way out.

@anaderol5408 Жыл бұрын

Interesting - this play was written by Owen Holder and first published September 20, 2014 but basically it is a copy of Driving Miss Daisy a play written by Alfred Uhry, in 1987 and later made into a film starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman. Not cool Mr Holder.... not cool at all.

@tessaoshea5697 Жыл бұрын

Do you think that every story in the world is unique? Bronte heard about a mad woman being locked away in her neighborhood. Shakespeare borrowed all his plots. It's about who did it best.

@anaderol5408 Жыл бұрын

@@tessaoshea5697Borrowing a plot is one thing but an almost identical copy is something else. But then again if you are correct I may just start my own version..... Mary Plotter - the story of a young girl, with square framed glasses and two good friends that goes to a special school called Gothparts located in Ireland and learns about super powers whilst playing Flopdish ..... I can just see the millions rolling in....or maybe JKR's lawyers may just chew me up and spit me out!

@tessaoshea5697 Жыл бұрын

@@anaderol5408 do it. If it's better than Harry Potter then you'll be quids in. If you make no money, like the BBC, you won't be sued.

@anaderol5408 Жыл бұрын

@@tessaoshea5697 LOL... suspect JKR is a tad more protective than Uhry but it is puzzling why no action has been taken. Uhry is still alive and has won numerous awards for his works, not the least of which, the Pulitzer for Driving Miss Daisy.

@tessaoshea5697 Жыл бұрын

@@anaderol5408 except there have been so many knock off wizard books.