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

[@patriciamackinlay6495]

excellent

[@feralbluee]

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

[@susanhicks2720]

I've listened to this radio drama about 4 time's now it's so lovely and very moving 😪 very well acted all the right voices well done 👏 👏👏👏 ❤

[@lenac7655]

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.💕

[@annettebernier8346]

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

[@katieclarke1352]

Loved this play. Thank you very much xxx

[@wyominghome4857]

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!)

[@CW-xf1li]

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.

[@glendacame5931]

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

[@joyofthings]

Thankyou so much.xx🐝🐝

[@susanhicks2720]

Beautiful story and very sad 😪

[@tribaltrancedancer]

Just brilliant. Felt every emotion the laughter and joy and the ending had tears rolling down my face ❤

[@stephenwilson4064]

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

[@albie7581]

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

[@Pdjohnners]

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

[@jakhan4203]

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

[@joanmyers5148]

Thank you , I did enjoy this play

[@coupe_dville]

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

[@rosellevaldes-scott7161]

Just wonderful. V. Gratefully

[@JayceeWedmak]

😢 Thank you very much ❤

[@timw4383]

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

[@dermotrichardsheils4971]

Poignant stuff. Really enjoyed it. Thanks for uploading.

[@TheDriftwoodlover]

Really enjoyed this. I appreciate that you posted it.

[@principlephotography7820]

Absolutely fantastic play.

[@susanfield3862]

Love this

[@Ldifferent]

What a great play! Thk you.

[@luclucia5210]

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

[@jamc9459]

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:)

[@estewart6745]

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

[@NeilHollis]

Heard a few times but this version was the best

[@SarahBertaglia]

Beautiful!💐

[@TedaR]

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.

[@vintagebrew1057]

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

[@lubalubinsky3992]

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

[@MartysWhiteSuit]

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

[@luciacurtis2381]

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

[@janegarvey3730]

Fabulous

[@pamelamyers9613]

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

[@wendy6512]

Excellent got me in the end 😢

[@vickislominski7618]

Truly enjoyed. Thank you!

[@jadewinter7]

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]

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

[@annipetratos9401]

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

[@henryworthington8261]

Just 2 people enjoying each other’s company, with mutual respect. Enid had little time for her husband, pushed him out at the start then resented him enjoying his job because he and Alice enjoyed each other’s company. The children had the same problem - did not wish to spend time with their Mother, saw the chauffeur as someone who would do the tasks they didn’t wish to do and then resented the friendship that built up. The children on both sides and the chauffeur’s wife were selfish, jealous, disrespectful and in the case of Alice’s children avaricious, evil and vindictive.

[@AlanK-n9o]

Brilliant - Any chance that you have a copy of "The Old Avro".

[@flossey100]

❤❤❤

[@brendadixon221]

❤

[@feralbluee]

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 :) 🌷🌱

[@CuriosityVaultChannel]

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.

[@markwilliams3174]

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

[@seanaj]

thought stella was bad....

[@elaineedgar2913]

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

[@Noblerot1830]

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

[@bethc5905]

Too sad!

[@lynettewerner3559]

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]

I was confused too.

[@julieselman6332]

I believe he had a heart attack.

[@wyominghome4857]

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.

[@annipetratos9401]

😢

[@leannageyer943]

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

[@Teapot333]

Very poignant. Brilliant acting.

[@michaelcollins8845]

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

[@tinkerpinkerton5449]

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]

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

[@alanhughs461]

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

[@anaderol5408]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@theresamills5095]

Can’t hear the introduction for the horrible music.