A Fortunate Man
4 Extra Debut. John Berger鈥檚 moving account of a rural GP looking after his patients in Gloucestershire. Starring Adrian Scarborough.
In 1966, art critic and writer John Berger and Swiss photographer Jean Mohr, spent several months shadowing a GP in The Forest Of Dean.
The resulting book published a year later, was A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor - a moving meditation on society, the doctor-patient relationship and how we value a life.
Dramatised by Matthew Broughton
The Writer .... Peter Marinker
The Doctor .... Adrian Scarborough
Miriam .... Barbara Flynn
Harry .... Joe Sims
Timid Woman .... Carys Eleri
Black Haired Woman .... Scarlett Courtney
With the voices of:
Dorothy Burley,
Kevin and Karen Wellham
Anne Childs
Robin Harris
Recorded by the Reading the Forest project
Director: John Norton
A 麻豆官网首页入口 Cymru Wales production for 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020.
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