The Knots! Open these knots in my head oh my beloved.

You Are My Ardour
You are my ardour, my friend, faith, creed.
You are my body, you are my spirit, heart, soul.
You’re the direction towards which I pray.
You are my Mecca, my mosque, my pulpit.
You are my holy books and my Koran.
You are my religious obligations,
My Hajj, charity, fasting, call to prayer.
You are my asceticism, worship,
My obedience and my piety.
You are my knowledge and you’re my gnosis .
You’re my remembrance, my contemplation
You are my tasting and my ecstasy.
You are my love, my sweet, my darling, my honey
You are my favourite, and my soulmate!
You’re my spiritual preceptor, my guide ,
You are my Shaykh and my Enlightened One
You are my hope, my wish, my gains, losses.
You’re all I see, my pride, my deliv’rance.
You’re my faith, my honour, modesty, glory
You’re my pain, sorrow, my crying, playing
You are my illness and my remedy.
You are what lulls me to a peaceful sleep.
You are my beauty and my fate, fortune, fame.
You are my looking, enquiring, seeking
You are my understanding, my knowing
You are my henna, my collyrium,
My rouge, my tobacco, my betel-leaf!
You are my terror, my passion, madness
You’re my crying and my lamentation.
You are my Alpha and my Omega,
My Inner, Outer, Hidden, Manifest.
If, O’Belovéd, you accept Farid
You are my Sovereign and my Sultan.

Meda Ishq Wi Tuun - Pathanay Khan

A tender and humorous drama about an elderly man and his relationship with his middle-aged daughter, starring Sir Tom Courtenay.

Written by Ian Kershaw, this drama looks at how a father and daughter explore the memories of the past in order to connect in the present.

With Tom Courtenay as Stan, Sally Carman as Zoe, Kate Coogan as Dorrie and Eddie Capli as Ant/ Bus Driver.

Tom Courtenay needs no introduction. He first came to prominence in the Sixties with iconic movies such as The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, Billy Liar and Dr Zhivago. In the 1980s he was acclaimed for his performance in The Dresser with Albert Finney.

Recently, he has been in the West End portraying the poet Philip Larkin in a one man show Pretending To Be Me. He was knighted in 2001.

Ian Kershaw has a wealth of experience in TV, radio and theatre. He is a graduate of the BBC Writers' Academy and has written for EastEnders, Holby City, Casualty and Shameless. Filming has just finished on his BBC TV drama Castles In The Sky about Robert Watson-Watt, the father of radar, which stars Eddie Izzard. Lost And Found was inspired by his wife Julie's relationship with her father John Hesmondhalgh, who sadly died earlier this year.

Producer/ Gary Brown for the BBC

Afternoon Drama

Lost and Found by Ian Kershaw

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A beautifully constructed comic duet told entirely via the couple’s letters. Starring two outstanding American actors, directed by Martin Jarvis. Written by Yuri Rasovsky.

This ‘Edwardian’ romance is set in 1912 Boston, then Paris, Rome and beyond. We hear that penniless young fortune hunter James, having borrowed money, is setting out to court homely charitable-worker Julia, daughter of a tyrannical, rich Bostonian. She quickly falls under James’ spell. Despite father’s violent objections, she continues to communicate with the dashing young man.

All is discovered. She’s banished to Europe. James pursues her.

When the lovers are left unchaperoned, Julia proves a surprisingly liberated young woman. James’ secret agenda may involve the 1912 mafia. Murder? But does Julia have a plan too?

A devastating twist. Thrilling conclusion. Fun, devilish, surprising. A perceptive study in male/female psychology.

Starring Simon Helberg (The Big Bang Theory, Florence Foster Jenkins), Jocelyn Towne (The Kominsky Method, Gilmore Girls, We’ll Never Have Paris). Specially composed music by award-winning A-Mnemonic.

Cast
James… Simon Helberg
Julia… Jocelyn Towne

Writer: Yuri Rasovsky

Specially composed music: A-Mnemonic

Producer: Rosalind Ayres
Director: Martin Jarvis

A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4

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Perfidy and Perfection - Yuri Rasovsky

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BBC Radio 4 Drama Of The Week, Originally Broadcast on 26 April 2019.

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