Jessica Pidsley

Drama

Drama: Mama Courage

BBC Radio 4

12/05/2017

Mama Courage

BBC Radio 4 - Drama, Mama Courage

Comedian Jessica Pidsley's harrowing story about postpartum psychosis.

Comedian and writer Jessica Pidsley's story about her own experience of postpartum psychosis.

Jessica Pidsley was in perfect health, enjoying a career as an actress, comedian and writer at the end of a straightforward pregnancy with her husband Matthew Bannister.

"I describe Albert's first weeks as 'peace and war'. I delivered Albert myself in a pool in our dining room," she says.

But what happened next, nobody could have predicted. 

"I am the most unreliable of narrators to report what actually happened next. The birth was gentle and I remember feeling such love. Then came a tidal wave of terror."

During the subsequent eleven days, Jessica had only nine hours sleep.

This is her story about Post Partum Psychosis.

Writers: Jessica Pidsley and Matthew Bannister
Producer: Karen Rose

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.

Afternoon Drama

Drama: A Time To Dance

10/10/2011

A Time To Dance

BBC Radio 4 - Drama, A Time To Dance

1518. Strasbourg. Plague strikes. Many dead. 2011. London. Is it happening again?

1518. Strasbourg. Terrifying and mysterious plague strikes. Many dead. 2011. London. Is it happening again?

In July 1518 a terrifying and mysterious plague struck the medieval city of Strasbourg. By the time the epidemic subsided, heat and exhaustion had claimed many lives, leaving thousands bewildered and bereaved.

The South Bank, London. 2011. Is it happening again? 

By Julian Simpson. Based on an original idea by Anita Sullivan. 

Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4.

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