The Way We Live Right Now

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The Way We Live Right Now
Genre Radio drama
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s)English
Home station BBC Radio Four
Starring Henry Goodman
Dexter Fletcher
John Rowe
Nyasha Hatendi
David Bamber
Lucy Montgomery
Sheridan Smith
Chipo Chung
Ben Crowe
Emily Wachter
Annette Badland
Liz Sutherland
Stephen Critchlow
Written by Anthony Trollope (original)
Jonathan Myerson (adaptation) [1]
Website www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c3wxw

The Way We Live Right Now was a BBC Radio Four adaptation of the Anthony Trollope novel The Way We Live Now , re-setting it in the present day. [2] [3] It was written by Jonathan Myerson for the Woman's Hour serial and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 15 episodes of twelve minutes [4] duration over three weeks in June 2008. [1]

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Myerson updated Trollope's 1875 novel to show that financial venality was just as prevalent in 2008. [1] Myerson found the modern equivalent of aristocrats-for-sale in "celebs". [1] Myerson found the modern equivalent of a bogus railroad scheme in a Big Pharma antibiotic alternative. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Myerson, Jonathan (2008). 'the way we live right now' (radio script, 15 episodes) (PDF). City University London . Retrieved 8 September 2025. dramatised for 2008 by jonathan myerson from the 1875 novel by anthony trollope
  2. ↑ Myerson, Jonathan (16 June 2008). "Everyone still has their price". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "In praise of ... The Way We Live Now". The Guardian. 17 June 2008. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  4. ↑ Deacon, Nigel; Deacon, Alison. "Jonathan Myerson Radio Plays". suttonelms.org.uk , DIVERSITY website - radio drama, plays. South Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency) . Retrieved 8 September 2025.
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