Martin Jarvis directs Michael Frayn’s masterly comic series with an outstanding cast led by Ian McKellen, Joanna Lumley, Stephen Fry, Alfred Molina, Alex Jennings and Jarvis himself.
Michael Frayn - author of Noises Off - is the most comic philosophical writer of our time.
Each episode reveals his infectious delight in writing between the lines of theatre, fiction, TV and the media, the church, relationships - life in general.
* Darren Richardson conducts a misguided sight-seeing tour
* Ian McKellen has Helpline difficulties
* Nigel Anthony and Joanna Lumley revisit Listen With Mother
* Martin Jarvis attempts to broadcast from The Royal Opera House
* Alex Jennings and Janie Dee are a confused married couple
* George Blagden is an unusually literate weatherman
* Ian McKellen, as Richard III, is interrupted by footnote scholars
Director: Martin Jarvis
A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2018. Show less