Such an excellent writer. Brilliantly acted. A very clever story.

A fantastic portrayal of a narcissist personality 👌 A thoroughly enjoyable play to listen to at bedtime. Thank you ❤

Whalley is a superb writer and grabs my attention immediately. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Whalley is the best! I always get sucked in to his stories. ❤️

The sad part is that there are people just like this in real life.

@Angela-cc1hd

10 ай бұрын

Yes there are😮 unfortunately there are many women and men who put up with anything rather than be alone😮

@doriellesoler7502

7 ай бұрын

@@Angela-cc1hd And others who remorselessly prey on the vulnerable.

@goldkhw

7 ай бұрын

Foolish, foolish, love-struck women. And the manipulative men who use them. The eternal dance of the sexes. Nothing new.

@rebeccacoffey9680

14 күн бұрын

I'm living with one right now 😔

WOW - What a thriller! Always grateful to the BBC the brilliant actors and the writers.

In school we (men & women) should be all given lessons in how to recognize a liar and how to recognize the lies we tell ourselves and ignore the evidence.

@stewartmcardle8149

8 ай бұрын

Indeed!

@janetcw9808

8 ай бұрын

AMEN!!!!

@elizabethannegrey6285

7 ай бұрын

That would bring down every government in the world.

@Booboonancy

6 ай бұрын

Yes, it should be part of the school curriculum. Abuse, of any kind, is pernicious and if you aren’t educated or at least know how to recognize it, naive even, it messes with your mind and it drags you under like nothing you’ve ever known.

Weakness of character manifests as lying, blaming and self-victiming. Narcissism at it's best - for the narcissist.

OMG - I don’t to spoil it for anyone but I am absolutely SEETHING. Great story and performance!

Saving for my twilight hour when I wake. When I can't go back to sleep. Listening to Noel coward all day.

Thank you! Just found these 'radio-dramas' and I'm officially hooked!!! 😄

@angeellinson3367

4 жыл бұрын

Me too, brilliant

@lorrainevanlelyveld8065

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome Lisa. These radio dramas are wonderful. Well written stories, great voice acting. And as for the sound effects they are amazing. One gets so involved. Thank you Arch..love from South Africa

@janetcw9808

8 ай бұрын

​@@lorrainevanlelyveld8065Good wishes to you from Scotland x

Great to have back sir,you’ve been missed!!🤗

Brilliant writer! Thanks for this ❤

Brilliant. Just brilliant.

Thank you so much for posting!! Wow, a really well-put-together drama!

@archphoenixstanton6998

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@seanmichaluk1222

Жыл бұрын

777

Thanks so much for this. Absolutely brilliant. Radio drama at its best.

Fantastic show I'm very glad I found this channel.

Thank you so much, @Arch Phoenix Stanton!! 🙏🏻✨🤗 I hope you're doing all right! 💪🏻 Merry Christmas! 🎄🥂Virtual hug from the land of tango (Argentina) ✨❤️

Another fantastic story! Loved it

Jason Done is such a good actor - every word he utters I’m thinking NO! Don’t believe the slimy so and so! Ahh... she’s even cooking for slime ball!!!

I have no tears for Ian

Welcome back Arch! Really enjoyed this. Thanks.

If there is money in the equation you can bet thats the answer🤔 some people/men are so full of Bull???? and some women believe it 😮 Peter Whalley always does great plays😊

@elizabethyoung4900

4 ай бұрын

Not just men, women too 😮

The ever distinctive voice of Sally Carmen currently of coronation Street 🤩

@kevintraynor4508

6 ай бұрын

Who was she in Corrie, iv not watched for long long time

@jajaallen5945

6 ай бұрын

@@kevintraynor4508 Kevin's partner Abi she works at the garage

@jessicaharrison1401

5 ай бұрын

I thought it was her it was bugging me who it was I knew I recognised her voice

Thank you so much. I love that play. I learn english with your plays . It is fantastic. And the twist at the end is very interesting. Have a nice day 👍

I enjoyed this, but to think there are still people like this out there... Hahah.

You're back! So pleased and thanks for this.

I think the actor I this played in where the heart is years ago , and if I'm not mistaken waterloo road.

Omg I hated Ian, and the gullible women he lied to. But I’ve liked this drama because I stayed to the end.

@kentcyclist

2 жыл бұрын

I feel sorry for Ian. He'd be much happier on rainbow land with the alphabet people than with nagging wife

Sad fact is there are people like both these characters..revolting liars and gullible fools..

@lynndenault4212

8 ай бұрын

Gullible fools is ‘harsh’.

Great drama, thank you

Thank you, Arch!!!!

Loved this....thank u Arch.

Thank you

Quite a happy ending from my point of view :)

Excellent!

@archphoenixstanton6998

4 жыл бұрын

Pleased you liked it. Arch

Peter Whalley 💥 This one is great Thank you !

Brilliant!

Oh, those two female characters did my head in.

Holy cow.Cow. P Whalley, at his most intense, pens a corker.

This guy is the most pathetic thing ever! He keeps on saying, “ I couldn’t take it “ “ I couldn’t stand it anymore “! But I don’t think it ever once crossed his mind for one minute what does she want, how does she feel? All the time he’s lying through his teeth. OMG I can’t stand him! Someone should put him out of everyone’s misery! I’m just as pissed off at her for being sucked in yet again!

@lisettelachat1870

4 жыл бұрын

jennifer McDonald are you going through the same thing ... as your taking rather to heart it's only a story.

@jordsupp

4 жыл бұрын

Please be cautious about what you give away in your comments. Some of us read them in advance to judge whether the plays might be our cup of tea.

@jordsupp

4 жыл бұрын

We need a sort of separate movie club. I'd love to discuss my opinions on some of the plots and characters.

@kentcyclist

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisettelachat1870 it's a story about typical women

@doriellesoler7502

7 ай бұрын

@@lisettelachat1870 Some of us are just naturally passionate about things !

Brilliant

“Oh love, I’m so sorry “ the Brute !!! Haha ...omg .. she’s so gullible!!! Oh well 😔 it had to end somehow !!!

Very entertaining.

A happy ending of sorts but honesty is still the best policy. One lie begets another ad infinitum.

Great stuff!

Some people would rather climb a tree to lie than tell the truth with fett on the ground.

@user-John666

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great analogy, I’ve known a couple of people like that!

wow wow wow

I've heard this story before

That poor girl.

Didn’t enjoy the ending, all else was superb though. Thank you. Wait … I’ve just reflected on it for few minutes. All was great, including the ending.

@beverleymacca4737

8 ай бұрын

Why was the ending good? I don't get it

Completely amoral. Switches lies to suit himself. Blames others for his actions. Great writing and acting.

Is that Arch?

@lisettelachat1870

4 жыл бұрын

kevphillips02 yes the one and only 😀

👏🏻 🇬🇧💙

What awful, pathetic people. Also, spouses don't get a share of an inheritance.

The 'music ' is horrible. Is it really necessary?

And poor Jake Gyllenhal being posted up here as the male character. He'd probably do a good job if it was a movie.

@leekhat

2 жыл бұрын

i dont believe it is him

@EllieBee60

9 ай бұрын

He looks like Jason Done who voiced the character of Ian

Whaley is usually very interesting - but not this one. Small lives, banal individuals, whining, frequently hysterical voices etc. etc.

Not many sympathetic characters !

I hated the end. He was a rat.

The comments are more interesting than the drama - there are those against Ian and those against the wife...... both are to blame - but mainly the wife. He's just a spineless jerk. She's an enabler. Enablers get away with it all the time. The writing is often written in mega letters on the wall and yet the enablers keep the blinkers on / exist in a bubble of illusion that they can 'fix' things; that they are nice forgiving people instead of facing reality that they have made a mistake, it's time to walk out, put a slab on it and move on.

@user-qy4um6zi1s

5 ай бұрын

YUK!!! What a shitty, narcissistic comment!

I really don’t like happy endings. 😮

Peter Whalley may very well be a remarkably talented playwright, but his stories have literally NO endings! I have yet to see a single play that doesn’t end abruptly, as if the author ran out of ideas or had experienced a writer’s block. Some may be of the opinion that he does it on purpose to allow the audience to use their own imagination, but I don’t buy it, it’s way too convenient.

아니 진짜 존나웃기네 스토리 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

@Beauloqs

7 ай бұрын

Chicken nugget 5 minute....

That was dumb 👎

I did find Pamela's character supremely annoying though. Talk about "nervy". Good play though.

Classic narc, lack of empathy and revision of history; great tale - shades of cos playing the dead father

Is this what British drama is? Whinging, shrieking, arguing, whimpering? This story lacks any real intelligence or craft or brilliance.

@streaming5332

8 ай бұрын

It's exactly what some people are like.

Ian's a nice guy, just bit confused.

Thank you enjoy the story . Not really keen on their whining northern accents tho .

I’m not sure how many times I’ve listened to this but it’s a good one 😅❤ Thank you once again 🫡

Thank you