This is essential to keep fresh, and to revise the next lines. Lunch is the most crucial break of all. The first three and a half hours in the studio makes big demands on the actors' concentration, and it's a welcome chance to unwind. Over lunch, Frances is very funny, Aden quietly humorous, and there's a relaxed mood round the table. The young actors have gone off hoping there's a Macdonald's in New Cross - with chaperone.
More actors arrive for the afternoon session.
Her expertise creates three totally different roles during the afternoon. Nadine Hanwell plays a harassed doctor, unyielding employer, and neutral telephone operator. An experienced radio performer, Nadine is able to make each a totally convincing and sympathetic character. Elizabeth Power plays Mrs Jillott, a welfare officer. Mrs Jillott is an unpleasant presence at the fringe of the family.