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The Phenomenon Squad

The Purge

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Superintendent Brabazon's intrepid team of cops undertake a purge on pornography.

But WPI Nutkins wants a wimple.

Starring Roy Kinnear and Simon Cadell.

Michael Snelgrove’s sitcom about the less-than-competent leader of a crack undercover police squad.

Supt Brabazon ...... Roy Kinnear
Endicott-Heap ...... Simon Cadell
Sigaloff ...... Royce Mills
WPI Nutkins ...... Susie Blake
MacTooley ...... Alex Norton
Humby ...... Stephen Frost
Astrid ...... Polly James
Lindquist ...... Neil McCaul

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1987. Show less

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