On Hold
What does it mean to wait? To desire? To feel stuck? In this series Katy Davis explores unique personal stories of waiting, anticipation and delayed gratification.
From a couple trying to maintain a relationship while one of them is serving a 213 year prison sentence; to a woman waiting for her second lung transplant; to coming out as bisexual age 69- this series inhabits extraordinary periods of suspense and uncertainty.
A Storied production.
Episodes
7 episodes
Time Travel
The act of waiting turned Dr. Nick Makoha into a poet. While he waits, he fills these moments of anticipation with his imagination. And from his imagination comes his latest poetry collection, ‘The New Carthaginians’ which has been nominated fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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26:18
Took My Breath Away (Part 2)
A few years ago, Jennifer was waiting for a call. A call from her hospital that would save her life, because her lungs were failing and she was in desperate need of a lung transplant. In this final instalment of Jennifer's story, she shares how...
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Episode 5
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23:32
Took My Breath Away (Part 1)
A few years ago, Jennifer was waiting for a call. A call from her hospital that would save her life, because her lungs were failing and she was in desperate need of a lung transplant. Over the next two episodes, Jennifer shares not only her exp...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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29:44
To be, or not to be
Dr. Matt Morgan tends to meet people on the worst day of their lives. As a Consultant in intensive care medicine, he tries to bring people back from the brink between life and death to live another day. What happens in this transitional period?...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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29:22
Doing Time. Again. (Part 2)
In the previous episode, we met Ro: fast talking, bubbly, fitness fan from New Jersey who'd fallen in love with a man called Adam. But the slight hitch was that Adam was serving a 213 year prison sentence for multiple robberies he'd...
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Episode 2
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32:42