History Radio / ConversationsFromALongMarriage

* ShoutOut: Plenty in terms of music and films from TheSixties, in addition to which both characters are well-read, providing some literary gems, among them references to Creator/{{Catullus}} and Creator/GeoffreyChaucer.
** A subtle [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] one -- Roger is quite pleased about the fact that he always does well on ''[=PopMaster=]'', a pop music quiz that's broadcast every weekday at 10:30am on Ken Bruce's show on Radio Two.

* HiddenDepths: Roger. He demonstrated this to Joanna early on in their relationship by giving her a mix-tape that included the work of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Tallis Thomas Tallis]]. And even after several decades together, he can still surprise her; it turns out, for example, that he's quite the baby-whisperer (although she does find that upsetting as it reminds her of the fact that they couldn't have children).

''Conversations from a Long Marriage'' is a [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 4]] comedy written by Jan Etherington, starring (and especially written for) Creator/JoannaLumley and Creator/RogerAllam as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a long-married couple]] who, despite their advancing age, remain passionate about life ... and each other. As the show is a two-hander, they are the only characters who speak, and we only get to hear about the sometimes complicated lives of their friends and acquaintances when they come up in conversation. The show was first broadcast as a pilot episode in 2018 and runs to three series (and two Christmas specials) as of 2022.

* ShoutOut: Roger is quite pleased about the fact that he always does well on ''[=PopMaster=], a pop music quiz that's broadcast every weekday at 10:30am on Ken Bruce's show on [[Creator/TheBBC Radio Two]].

* SurpriseParty: Roger gets one of these in "Birthday Blues" even though he’d asked Joanna not to throw him one. She claims that while she did organise it, she thought better of it and tried to cancel, but not everyone got the message. He does not believe her.

* PlayingGertrude: A rare male example -- Roger Allam is in fact seven years younger than Joanna Lumley, whereas the characters they play here are of a similar age.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Joanna and Roger are both generally good people who still enjoy getting intimate with each other, quite often.

* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Several strangely-named kids (and a couple of grown-ups for that matter) are mentioned, and the strangeness of their names is remarked upon. Examples include Hermes (Peter and Kirsty's baby, although when he gets a bit older everyone calls him Joe because he can't pronounce his actual name), Rix (the adventurer whose book Joanna edits) and Paloma, Gideon and Clay (the new neighbours' kids).

* GrammarNazi: Roger often points out grammatical errors in newspapers and letters from friends and acquaintances.

''Conversations from a Long Marriage'' is a [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 4]] comedy written by Jan Etherington, starring (and especially written for) Creator/JoannaLumley and Creator/RogerAllam as a long-married couple who, despite their advancing age, remain passionate about life ... and each other. As the show is a two-hander, they are the only characters who speak, and we only get to hear about the sometimes complicated lives of their friends and acquaintances when they come up in conversation. The show was first broadcast as a pilot episode in 2018 and runs to three series (and two Christmas specials) as of 2022.

* AwfulWeddedLife: Sally and Peter have this, by the sound of things.