Writing The Century - My Greenham [15 Minute Drama]

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20141208

Writing the Century - My Greenham

By Fiona Evans

The series which explores the 20th century through the diaries and correspondence of real people. Using the diaries of Ginette Leach this is a funny and moving coming of age story of a 50-year-old suburban housewife.

Deal, Kent 1982. Ginette, a middle-class housewife, visits Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp and for the first time in her life feels at home. What she doesn't realise is that this impromptu daytrip will change her life forever.

With her only son having flown the nest, Ginette has come to accept that her marriage is fake. To the outside world things are perfect. The couple are regulars at golf and sailing club, but behind the public fa瀀ade John is having an affair with a work colleague and Ginette has been has been sleeping with a friend of hers - another married woman - for over 16 years.

Over the next two years Ginette visits Greenham and comes of age at 50: 'what the hell am I doing with my life, I need to do something for me.' Watching her mother die of cancer makes life and time seem all the more precious. So, inspired by the women of Greenham Ginette goes to university, comes out as a lesbian and is imprisoned for what she believes in.

Kent 1982. Ginette, a middle-class housewife, visits Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp.

20141209

Writing the Century - My Greenham

By Fiona Evans

The series which explores the 20th century through the diaries and correspondence of real people. Using the 1980's Greenham Common diaries of Ginette Leach this is a funny and moving coming of age story of a 50-year-old suburban housewife. Ginette discovers her husband John is having an affair, and she begins one herself, with a woman at Greenham Common. She also experiences cutting the perimeter fence at Greenham for the first time: An exhilarating and terrifying experience.

Ginette discovers her husband is having an affair, and she begins one herself at Greenham.

20141210

Writing the Century - My Greenham

By Fiona Evans

The series which explores the 20th century through the diaries and correspondence of real people. Using the 1980's Greenham Common diaries of Ginette Leach this is a funny and moving coming of age story of a 50-year-old suburban housewife. Change is afoot: Ginette comes out to her son, helps to pull down whole swathes of fencing at Greenham Common, and applies to university.

Ginette comes out to her son and helps pull down swathes of fencing at Greenham Common.

20141211

Writing the Century - My Greenham

By Fiona Evans

The series which explores the 20th century through the diaries and correspondence of real people. Using the 1980's Greenham Common diaries of Ginette Leach this is a funny and moving coming of age story of a 50-year-old suburban housewife. Ginette's sister Gina arrives from Canada because their mother has Cancer. She's appalled at Ginette's studenty dress and overall behaviour and insists on coming to Greenham to see what it's like for herself. Later, Ginette is arrested.

Ginette forms part of a human blockade at Greenham and is arrested.

20141212

Writing the Century - My Greenham

By Fiona Evans

The series which explores the 20th century through the diaries and correspondence of real people. Using the 1980's Greenham Common diaries of Ginette Leach this is a funny and moving coming of age story of a 50-year-old suburban housewife. For her action at Greenham, Ginette's serving a short sentence in Holloway Prison.

For her action at Greenham, Ginette is serving a short sentence in Holloway Prison.

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Episode	First Broadcast	Comments
01	20141208	Writing the Century - My Greenham By Fiona Evans The series which explores the 20th century through the diaries and correspondence of real people. Using the diaries of Ginette Leach this is a funny and moving coming of age story of a 50-year-old suburban housewife. Deal, Kent 1982. Ginette, a middle-class housewife, visits Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp and for the first time in her life feels at home. What she doesn't realise is that this impromptu daytrip will change her life forever. With her only son having flown the nest, Ginette has come to accept that her marriage is fake. To the outside world things are perfect. The couple are regulars at golf and sailing club, but behind the public fa瀀ade John is having an affair with a work colleague and Ginette has been has been sleeping with a friend of hers - another married woman - for over 16 years. Over the next two years Ginette visits Greenham and comes of age at 50: 'what the hell am I doing with my life, I need to do something for me.' Watching her mother die of cancer makes life and time seem all the more precious. So, inspired by the women of Greenham Ginette goes to university, comes out as a lesbian and is imprisoned for what she believes in. Kent 1982. Ginette, a middle-class housewife, visits Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp.
02	20141209	Writing the Century - My Greenham By Fiona Evans The series which explores the 20th century through the diaries and correspondence of real people. Using the 1980's Greenham Common diaries of Ginette Leach this is a funny and moving coming of age story of a 50-year-old suburban housewife. Ginette discovers her husband John is having an affair, and she begins one herself, with a woman at Greenham Common. She also experiences cutting the perimeter fence at Greenham for the first time: An exhilarating and terrifying experience. Ginette discovers her husband is having an affair, and she begins one herself at Greenham.
03	20141210	Writing the Century - My Greenham By Fiona Evans The series which explores the 20th century through the diaries and correspondence of real people. Using the 1980's Greenham Common diaries of Ginette Leach this is a funny and moving coming of age story of a 50-year-old suburban housewife. Change is afoot: Ginette comes out to her son, helps to pull down whole swathes of fencing at Greenham Common, and applies to university. Ginette comes out to her son and helps pull down swathes of fencing at Greenham Common.
04	20141211	Writing the Century - My Greenham By Fiona Evans The series which explores the 20th century through the diaries and correspondence of real people. Using the 1980's Greenham Common diaries of Ginette Leach this is a funny and moving coming of age story of a 50-year-old suburban housewife. Ginette's sister Gina arrives from Canada because their mother has Cancer. She's appalled at Ginette's studenty dress and overall behaviour and insists on coming to Greenham to see what it's like for herself. Later, Ginette is arrested. Ginette forms part of a human blockade at Greenham and is arrested.
05	20141212	Writing the Century - My Greenham By Fiona Evans The series which explores the 20th century through the diaries and correspondence of real people. Using the 1980's Greenham Common diaries of Ginette Leach this is a funny and moving coming of age story of a 50-year-old suburban housewife. For her action at Greenham, Ginette's serving a short sentence in Holloway Prison. For her action at Greenham, Ginette is serving a short sentence in Holloway Prison.