AuthorAndrew Nickolds, Christopher Douglas
NarratorFull Cast, Christopher Douglas
Duration2h 47m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, British Radio Sitcoms and Sketch Shows
PublisherBBC Audiobooks
VersionUnabridged
Award-winning BBC Radio 4 comedy starring Christopher Douglas, John Fortune, Stephanie Cole and Sally Hawkins. Ed Reardon (played by Christopher Douglas) is a failed writer, fare-dodger and master of the abusive email. Living with his cat in a one-bedroom flat, this bearded divorcee grumbles at a modern world seemingly run by 12-year-olds, while churning out books such as Jane Seymour's Household Hints and Pet Peeves (to pay the bills) and trying to live off the royalties of his 1982 episode of Tenko (œ17 per annum). We track Ed's attempts to gain the literary success he feels is due in this painfully funny and extraordinarily clever sitcom. Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds, Ed Reardon's Week includes marvellous supporting roles from Stephanie Cole, John Fortune and Sally Hawkins.
Beauty of Britain, Series 2, Episode 4
Author: Christopher Douglas, Nicola Sanderson
Author Christopher Douglas, Nicola Sanderson
Narrator Various
SeriesBeauty of Britain Series 2, Book 4
Duration 27m
Series 2 of the BBC Radio 4 narrative comedy featuring Beauty Oolonga's adventures as a careworker, starring Jocelyn Jee Esien. 'Beauty of Britain' breaks the embarrassed silence about what happens to us when we get old and start to lose our faculties. It shows the process in all its chaotic tragi-comedy but it does so from the point of view of a m...
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Author: Christopher Douglas, Nicola Sanderson
Author Christopher Douglas, Nicola Sanderson
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 47m
Series 2 of the BBC Radio 4 narrative comedy featuring Beauty Oolonga's adventures as a careworker, starring Jocelyn Jee Esien 'Beauty of Britain' breaks the embarrassed silence about what happens to us when we get old and start to lose our faculties. It shows the process in all its chaotic tragi-comedy but it does so from the point of view of a mi...
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Beauty of Britain, Series 2, Episode 1
Author: Christopher Douglas, Nicola Sanderson
Author Christopher Douglas, Nicola Sanderson
Narrator Various
SeriesBeauty of Britain Series 2, Book 1
Duration 28m
Series 2 of the BBC Radio 4 narrative comedy featuring Beauty Oolonga's adventures as a careworker, starring Jocelyn Jee Esien 'Beauty of Britain' breaks the embarrassed silence about what happens to us when we get old and start to lose our faculties. It shows the process in all its chaotic tragi-comedy but it does so from the point of view of a mi...
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Author: Andrew Nickolds, Christopher Douglas
Author Andrew Nickolds, Christopher Douglas
Narrator Christopher Douglas, Full Cast
Duration 2h 48m
Series 6 of the award-winning BBC Radio 4 comedy starring Christopher Douglas, John Fortune, Stephanie Cole and Sally Hawkins. Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive email, attempts to survive in a world where the media seems to be run by idiots and lying charlatans. In these six episodes, Ed is now a happ...
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Author: Andrew Nickolds, Christopher Douglas
Author Andrew Nickolds, Christopher Douglas
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 48m
Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas) - author, pipe smoker, fare-dodger and master of the abusive email - returns for a fourth series. In these six episodes, Ed surprises the literary world by still being alive and finds romance. He also, finally, comes up with a once-in-a-lifetime idea - but then loses it. And in the last episode, Trimarans That Pass...
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Beauty of Britain, Series 2, Episode 6
Author: Christopher Douglas, Nicola Sanderson
Author Christopher Douglas, Nicola Sanderson
Narrator Various
SeriesBeauty of Britain Series 2, Book 6
Duration 27m
Series 2 of the BBC Radio 4 narrative comedy featuring Beauty Oolonga's adventures as a careworker, starring Jocelyn Jee Esien. 'Beauty of Britain' breaks the embarrassed silence about what happens to us when we get old and start to lose our faculties. It shows the process in all its chaotic tragi-comedy but it does so from the point of view of a m...
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Beauty of Britain, Series 2, Episode 2
Author: Christopher Douglas, Nicola Sanderson
Author Christopher Douglas, Nicola Sanderson
Narrator Various
SeriesBeauty of Britain Series 2, Book 2
Duration 28m
Series 2 of the BBC Radio 4 narrative comedy featuring Beauty Oolonga's adventures as a careworker, starring Jocelyn Jee Esien. 'Beauty of Britain' breaks the embarrassed silence about what happens to us when we get old and start to lose our faculties. It shows the process in all its chaotic tragi-comedy but it does so from the point of view of a m...
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Beauty of Britain, Series 2, Episode 5
Author: Christopher Douglas, Nicola Sanderson
Author Christopher Douglas, Nicola Sanderson
Narrator Various
SeriesBeauty of Britain Series 2, Book 5
Duration 27m
Series 2 of the BBC Radio 4 narrative comedy featuring Beauty Oolonga's adventures as a careworker, starring Jocelyn Jee Esien. 'Beauty of Britain' breaks the embarrassed silence about what happens to us when we get old and start to lose our faculties. It shows the process in all its chaotic tragi-comedy but it does so from the point of view of a m...
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Beauty of Britain, Series 2, Episode 3
Author: Christopher Douglas, Nicola Sanderson
Author Christopher Douglas, Nicola Sanderson
Narrator Various
SeriesBeauty of Britain Series 2, Book 3
Duration 28m
Series 2 of the BBC Radio 4 narrative comedy featuring Beauty Oolonga's adventures as a careworker, starring Jocelyn Jee Esien. 'Beauty of Britain' breaks the embarrassed silence about what happens to us when we get old and start to lose our faculties. It shows the process in all its chaotic tragi-comedy but it does so from the point of view of a m...
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Author: Andrew Nickolds, Christopher Douglas
Author Andrew Nickolds, Christopher Douglas
Narrator Christopher Douglas, Full Cast
Duration 2h 47m
Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive email, attempts to survive in a world where the media seems to be run by idiots and lying charlatans. In these six episodes, Ed and Mary Potter are in a record breaking second month of partnership 'bliss'. But work isn't going so well: it's time for Ed to drag out the...
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