Westway was a
radio soap opera broadcast twice a week on the
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is an international broadcasting, international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC, with funding from the Government of the United Kingdom, British Government through the Foreign Secretary, Foreign Secretary's o ...
from November 1997 to October 2005. It focused on life in and around the fictional Westway Health Centre in
West London.
[The way we live now: Westway](_blank)
The Guardian, 23 July 2000[Eight years of Westway end](_blank)
BBC News, 28 October 2005 It was named after the
Westway, the main road route into London from the west.
The principal actors were Jillie Meers as Dr Margaret Sampson, head of the health centre, Nigel Carrington as Dr David Boyce, and
Abi Eniola as Dr Joy Onwukwe. It was created and edited by David Hitchinson.
History
At its peak, it was cited that its worldwide listening figures was in the region of 1.7 million with some estimates even higher.
Its axing was announced in April 2005 as part of a shake-up of World Service programming.
[From the Westway to the world...no more](_blank)
The Independent, 4 April 2005
BBC7
BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly BBC Radio 7) is a British digital radio station from the BBC, broadcasting archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes nationally, 24 hours a day. It is the sister station of BBC Radio 4 and the pr ...
repeated the series between May 2004 and March 2008.
[Westway, BBC World Service's globally popular radio serial, to broadcast on BBC 7](_blank)
BBC Press Office, 20 April 2004
See also
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List of soap operas
References
External links
Official BBC Westway site
{{BBC World Service
1997 radio programme debuts
2005 radio programme endings
BBC World Service programmes
British radio soap operas