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Mordrin McDonald: 21st Century Wizard

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Comedy about a 2,000-year-old wizard living in the modern world

Comedy by David Kay and Gavin Smith about a 2,000-year-old wizard living in the modern world where settling garden disputes and watching Countdown are just as important as slaying the odd dragon

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Episode 3: Ogre Bin Laden

Ogre Bin Laden

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Mordrin decides to call up an ogre to deal with his erratic bin collections.

Mordrin decides to call up an ogre to deal with his erratic bin collections. Stars David Kay. From February 2010.

Written by David Kay and Gavin Smith, Mordrin McDonald is a 2000 year old Wizard living in the modern world where regular bin collections and watching Countdown are just as important as slaying the odd Jakonty Dragon. 

In this episode Mordrin takes matters into his own hands to try and solve his erratic bin collections, and decides to magic up a rubbish eating Ogre with disastrous consequences.

Featuring and written by Scottish stand up David Kay and starring Gordon Kennedy and Jack Docherty, Mordrin McDonald mixes the magical with the mundane and offers a hilarious take on the life of a modern day Wizard.

Step into the magically mundane world that is the life of 21st century wizard Mordrin McDonald. An isolated 2000-year-old sorcerer with enough power in his small finger to destroy a town, yet not even enough clout to get his bins emptied on time by the local council. Even for such a skilful sorcerer modern life is rubbish!

Mordrin is deadpan, dry and makes delicious jams. He initially set up as a plc for income tax relief, but has found it a useful vehicle to help him bolster his Wizard skill set and his range of services. (Even a wizard has to diversify). He's been running Fruity Potions from his cave for the past few years, in between completing the odd quest as instructed by the Wizard Council. In the past his services were to help kings in battles of good and evil, or as he prefers to put it, assisting with neighbour disputes. 


Cast:
Mordrin: David Kay
Geoff: Gordon Kennedy 
Heather: Cora Bissett 
Councillor Campbell: Callum Cuthbertson 
Flora: Eleanor Thom 
Jim The Joiner: Grant O'Rourke 


Producer: Gus Beattie 
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.

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Comedy by David Kay and Gavin Smith about a 2,000-year-old wizard living in the modern world

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