Vent is a dark comedy series produced for BBC Radio 4 in 2006. It is written by . The producer is Gareth Edwards. The story revolves around an unsuccessful writer named Ben Smith (Neil Pearson), who is in a coma. While his wife Mary (Fiona Allen) and his mother (Josie Lawrence) hash out their emotional issues at his bedside, he lives in a fantasy world with his 2-year-old daughter "Blitzkrieg" (real name Beatrice; Leslie Ash), miraculously grown up, and remembers incidents from his life. An imaginary sitcom, apparently written by Ben and concerning a coma ward in a hospital, plays in the background.
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| - Vent is a dark comedy series produced for BBC Radio 4 in 2006. It is written by . The producer is Gareth Edwards. The story revolves around an unsuccessful writer named Ben Smith (Neil Pearson), who is in a coma. While his wife Mary (Fiona Allen) and his mother (Josie Lawrence) hash out their emotional issues at his bedside, he lives in a fantasy world with his 2-year-old daughter "Blitzkrieg" (real name Beatrice; Leslie Ash), miraculously grown up, and remembers incidents from his life. An imaginary sitcom, apparently written by Ben and concerning a coma ward in a hospital, plays in the background. (en)
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| - While Ben's mind takes him through the landscape of his own chaotic brain, which looks suspiciously like Mordor, the doctors switch off his ventilator. (en)
- Comatose Ben travels back to 1973 to find a 'life coach' to motivate him out of his coma. (en)
- The new female hospital psychiatrist has a surprising effect on Ben, while his wife and mother are realizing how bored they are. (en)
- Even in a comatose state there's Christmas, as the nativity plays out in Ben's unconscious mind. (en)
- Ben gets the feeling things are about to change, so he takes a final trip around the safe fantasy world of his subconscious before he has to return to the real world. (en)
- While coma patient Ben's family keeps vigil at his bedside, his mind is able to communicate with other coma patients. (en)
- Ben is now conscious and being driven back home. But is he ready to face reality? (en)
- Ben shares his thoughts with those awake at the darkest hour of the night while his wife Mary, who's at a conference in Brussels, is sorely tempted. (en)
- Ben and Mary's love life is in jeopardy, so inside Ben's mind Lord Byron is recruited to offer the couple some useful relationship advice. (en)
- Ben's unconscious body gets driven to a medical conference in Birmingham while his mind takes a trip back to where he had the most miserable night of his life. (en)
- Ben punches his new physiotherapist in the real world and has a conversation with Elvis in his fantasy world. (en)
- Outside life is a little fraught for Ben, with people trying to do everything for him except leave him alone. Luckily, he's able to find an island refuge inside his mind. (en)
- What would comatose Ben's life be like if it was a Hollywood movie? It couldn't be worse than his alternative therapist in the real world...or can it? (en)
- Ben's relatives resort to horse racing on the radio to get him to wake up, while in his mind Ben meets Elizabethan psychic Dr. John Dee. (en)
- Ben's unconscious mind puts him in a compromising situation with a fellow coma patient - and this time Ben's wife Mary, who's somehow entered his fantasy world, is taking part in the drama! (en)
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