Jailbird Lover
Comedy drama. A lonely bachelor fulfils his relationship needs by writing to long-term women prisoners. Until one of them turns up
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2012
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Starring
- Charles Dale, Claire-Louise Cordwell, Suzanne Packer, Iestyn Jones and Manon Edwards
- Writer
- Craig Hawes
- Director
- Emma Bodger
- Producer
- Emma Bodger
Gwilym avoids personal contact as much as humanly possible, despite the best efforts of his well-meaning but nosey next door neighbours.
He whiles away his time, pottering in the garden, learning the harmonica and writing letters to women serving long-term prison sentences in various jails around the world. Women that he knows he'll never have to meet.
When South Londoner Layla O'Dowd is released on early parole and suddenly shows up on the the doorstep of Gwilym's rural Welsh cottage out of the blue, his whole world is turned upside down.
- Production company
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 22nd March 2012 on BBC Radio 4 at 2:15pm
- Episode length
- 45 minutes
- Last repeat
- Monday 15th September 2014 at 2:15pm