3. Meanwhile

Set inside Britain's housing crisis, six stand-alone but interconnected dramas follow ambition, resilience and the search for belonging.

Joy lives in a van on the Dorset coast, saving every penny towards a future she can afford. Ruben is trying to keep his family's holiday let business afloat after his father's death. When they meet by chance, an unexpected summer romance blossoms, but with local anger growing over van living, second homes and who gets to belong, their relationship is soon caught in the crossfire.

New romantic drama by Emma Pritchard as part of A Place Called Home.

CAST
Joy ..... Eleanor Nawal
Ruben ..... Jasper Talbot
Marina ..... Rebecca Crankshaw
Simon ..... Matthew McNulty

Sound ..... Sharon Hughes, Andy Garratt, Jenni Burnett
Production co-ordinator ..... Ben Hollands
Director ..... Anne Isger
Writer .... Emma Pritchard

A BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Radio 4

Emma Pritchard is a playwright and screenwriter from Dorset. Emma has written across several series of Malory Towers and Pip and Posy, and more recently has written episodes on The Dumping Ground. She is also known for the ten-part scripted podcast series Holy Sh!t, starring Mandeep Dhillon, Patsy Ferran and Cleve September. For stage, Emma’s plays include ‘Pythagoras’ (Papatango ‘Isolated but Open: Voices Across The Shutdown’ winner), The Guardians and Pirate Queen (Almeida Theatre Participation), Armour (Vault Festival) and Split, co-written with Tamar Broadbent, which won the Vault Festival Spirit Award. Emma is a graduate of the 2019 4Screenwriting programme. This is her first play for BBC Radio 4.