Dragonfly: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation

Katie Hims

May 2012 · BBC Digital Audio · Narrated by Amerjit Deu, David Bower, Eric Potts, Sarah McDonald Hughes, Sophie Woolley, and Zoe Iqbal

About this audiobook

Cal is expecting a baby with his girlfriend Sophie. As deaf parents, in amongst the excitement, they have a few concerns. But every time Sophie has a scan at the hospital Cal is sick. His behaviour becomes more and more uncharacteristic. Sophie begins to worry when Cal finds letters from an old girlfriend and decides he has to go and see her. Cal has to resolve the past before he can move forward as a father and fully enjoy Sophie's pregnancy. In order to get there he has to return to the place he grew up in - Rochdale - and re-examine his past. Specially written for David Bower and Sophie Woolley, who play Cal and Sophie. Also starring Sarah McDonald Hughes, Amerjit Deu, Eric Potts and Zoe Iqbal. Developed in partnership with Signdance Collective. Produced in Manchester by Susan Roberts. Written by Katie Hims.

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About the author

Katie Hims is a British writer who works extensively in radio drama. A graduate of the National Film and Television School, she began her career by writing theatre plays were were produced in Manchester, Bristol, and London. She was the BBC writer in residence from 2001-2002 and has also written several episodes of the TV series Casualty. Her first radio play The Earthquake Girl won the Richard Imison Memorial Award in 1998. The Gunshot Wedding won the Writers Guild Award for Best Radio Drama in 2009, and The Year My Mother Went Missing won a BBC Audio Drama Award in 2012 for Best Audio Drama.