Jazz & Dice

2021

A funny and warmhearted new drama for BBC Radio 4, about modern love and families, written by Leanne Allen, starring Claire Rushbrook, Carly Houston and Lucy Fallon.
Co-directed and co-produced by Krishna Istha and Polly Thomas.

Two teenage girls, best friends and lovers, anticipate their future together as one of them goes off to university, causing a rift between them. Nevaeh, also known as Dice, is secretly dating her best friend Jazz. When Jazz goes off to university, Dice is left heartbroken, and her mother is left to pick up the pieces.

A year later, Dice is moving on, having shed the shame around her queerness, when she finds out Jazz is engaged to a man she met at university. And she wants Dice to come to the wedding. Dice and her mother make the long drive to the occasion, for a dramatic finale. Will Jazz go through with her vows?

Starring Claire Rushbrook (Secrets and Lies, Home Front), Carly Houston (BBC 3 Crip Tales) and Lucy Fallon (Coronation Street), Jazz and Dice is a fresh funny drama with a big heart.