Series 1, Episode 4 - A Mathematical Improbability
Sarah is distraught that she has been so deceived by her lying Dutchman. She is all for giving up the search to find a perfect partner. But Tania persuades her, for self-interested reasons, to go on a 'speed-dating' evening.
Further details
Sarah finally meets Tony, the mathematics professor and lover of ballroom dancing, whom she knows on the internet as 'Midnight Magic'. They are immediately attracted to each other - but leave without exchanging contact numbers and Sarah finds that Tania has wiped her details from the internet dating site. What are the mathematical chances of Sarah and Tony ever meeting again?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 26th April 2010
- Time
- 11:30am
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Regular cast | |
|---|---|
| Lia Williams | Sarah |
| Miriam Margolyes | Mother |
| Henry Goodman | Various Dates |
| Frances Barber | Tania |
| Roger Hammond | Francis Parker |
| Guest cast | |
|---|---|
| Hayley Roberts | Phoebe-Jane |
| Writing team | |
|---|---|
| Charlotte Cory | Writer |
| Production team | |
|---|---|
| Gordon House | Producer |
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