Julia Ford and Greg Wise star in this BBC Radio 4 drama about a husband who comes out as gay after 19 years of marriage.

Jack and Karen are an ordinary, happily married couple. They've been together for years and are convinced every problem can be worked through. Until Karen finds an odd text on Jack's phone, and her confrontation leads to a shock revelation: Jack is gay, and he wants a male lover.

Seeking stability for themselves and security for their teenage children, they settle on a 'closed loop' arrangement, whereby they stay together and Jack has a boyfriend. So begins a new type of marriage, where small deceptions and unspoken fantasies are replaced with radical honesty. But can they make this work for everyone? When Jack decides he wants to move on, and live his life openly as a gay man, it's time for more negotiations with Karen and the girls. How will Naomi and Ella deal with the seismic changes to their family?

Scripted by award-winning writer Nicholas McInerny, this autobiographical look at modern relationships stars Greg Wise as Jack and Julia Ford as Karen, with Katriona Perrett as Naomi and Ellie Bindman and Izzy Watts as Ella. Among the supporting cast are John Sessions, Con O'Neill, Toby Sawyer, Daniel Crowder and Andrew Hayden-Smith.

Production credits

Written by Nicholas McInerny

Produced and directed by Melanie Harris

Sound designers: Eloise Whitmore and Alisdair McGregor

Executive Producers: Polly Thomas and Jo Meek

A Sparklab production for BBC Radio 4

Cast

Karen - Julia Ford

Jack - Greg Wise

Naomi - Katriona Perrett

Ella - Ellie Bindman/Izzy Watts

Cecily - Liza Sadovy

Miranda - Liza Sadovy/Mary Doherty/Dona Croll

Ben - Con O'Neill/John Sessions

Malcolm - Toby Sawyer

Tom - Toby Sawyer/Daniel Crowder

Max - Andrew Hayden-Smith

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 12-16 August 2013 (Series 1), 10-14 August 2015 (Series 2), 27 June-1 July 2016 (Series 3), 26-30 June 2017 (Series 4)