Citizens (radio series)

Citizens was a radio drama series, which aired twice a week from 27 October 1987 to 25 July 1991. There were 338 twenty-five-minute episodes and it was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was created by Marilyn Imrie and A.J. Quinn.

The series initially focused on the residents of 5 Limerick Road in the fictional South London borough of Ditcham:

• Landlady Alex Parker (Kate Duchêne), a single parent, originally from Norwich;
• Liverpudlian twins Julia Brennan (Beverly Hills) and Michael Brennan (Russell Boulter);
• merchant banker Hugh Hamilton (James MacPherson) from Kilmarnock;
• doctor Anita Sharma (Seeta Indrani) from Birmingham; and
• Ernest Bond (Brian Murphy), who lived in the ground floor flat with his Siamese cat Salome.

Alex, Julia, Michael, Hugh and Anita had all met as students in Leicester.

References[]

• Lavalie, John. "Citizens." EpGuides. 21 Jul 2005. 29 Jul 2005 [1].
• Kingsley, Hilary. "Soap box." Papermac. ISBN 0-333-46949-6.

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