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9. Tina Stops

After a long correspondence between the two, Tina stops sending letters. Starring Tamsin Greig and Paul Ritter.

In 1964, Professor Glob, the curator of the Silkeborg Museum in Denmark, dedicated his book The Bog People to a group of schoolgirls who had written to him about his recent archaeological discoveries. Fifty years later, at a defining moment in her life, Tina Hopgood writes him another letter about a planned pilgrimage to Denmark with her best friend, Bella, to visit the 2000-year-old Tollund Man. Why did they never make the trip?

She doesn’t expect a reply.

When Anders Larsen, a lonely museum curator responds, neither does he.

Their unexpected correspondence becomes a shared meditation on love, loss, life choices made and the opportunity to make new and different ones.

Tina stops writing.

Starring Tamsin Greig and Paul Ritter

Written by Anne Youngson

Adapted by Richard Leaf

Producer: Karen Rose

A Sweet Talk production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2021.

14 minutes

On radio

Thu 15 May 2025 08:45

Broadcasts

  • Thu 1 Apr 2021 10:45
  • Thu 30 Sep 2021 12:04
  • Thu 15 May 2025 08:45
  • Thu 15 May 2025 13:45
  • Thu 15 May 2025 19:45
  • Fri 16 May 2025 03:45