Benchmark: a radio play by Rachel Cochrane
A young single mum and the ghost of a prim spinster find that they have more in common than they realised. Inspired by the ‘In Loving Memory…’ plaques found on park benches.
Thank you to The Stocksfield Players and other talented local actors (see full cast below).
This radio play was also the inspiration for the Benchmark writing competition run nationally in 2015 as a fund raiser for Willowburn Hospice, County Durham.
Benchmark Credits
Amy: Kate Foster
Young Jack: Luke Brown
Florence: Pat Buckle
Older Jack: Theo Hornsey
Isobel: Julia Deans
Alf & Mr Cornet: Ray Moore
Bernard: Alan Scott
Graham: David Hinchcliffe
Miss Harbuckle: Karen Kirkland
Charles: Peter Smith
Emily: Diane Hinchcliffe
Anita: Rachel Cochrane
George: David Walker
Doreen: Joy Pusey
Lucy: Anne Watson
Percy: Howard Haywood
Kate: Helen Morris
Josephine: Lara Hinchcliffe
Harry: Mark Bell
Credits: Helen Aitken
Music composed & played by Rosie Cochrane
Recording & editing by Joe Patterson, Fuse Media, Prudhoe
Written, directed & produced by Rachel Cochrane
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