成人快手

Maurice and Maralyn tells the story of what happened when a husband and wife decided to escape their suburban life in 1970s Derby, and instead build a boat and sail to New Zealand. Their dream crumbled after a perilous encounter with a whale left them adrift on the Pacific ocean on a tiny raft. A fight for survival followed, as well as a test of their endurance and their love for one another. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

Sophie Elmhirst is a prize-winning journalist. In 2020 she won the British Press Award for Feature Writer of the Year. She first came across Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's story when she was researching a piece on the desire to escape. This is her first book.

Dorothy Atkinson is well known for her work in theatre, film and television. She has appeared in several plays by playwright Alan Ayckbourn and in films by Mike Leigh. She has appeared in television series including Joan, All Creatures Great and Small and Call the Midwife.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.
Produced by Elizabeth Allard