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Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off

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Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off

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Budleigh Salterton's biggest exporter of idiocy launches himself on an undeserving world

Meet Giles Wemmbley Hogg. Two m's, two g's. Backpacker, ethnologist, fearless investigator of cultural diversity, and upper-middle-class student ponce from Budleigh Salterton.

Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off: Series 5

Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off: Series 5: Episode 1: Local Hero

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Episode 1: Local Hero

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When a mogul tries to buy up every last pebble in Budleigh, Giles decides to run for Mayor

When a mogul tries to buy up every last pebble in Budleigh, Giles runs for Mayor. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From November 2011.

When an American mogul tries to buy up every last pebble in lovely Budleigh, Giles decides to run for Mayor. Meanwhile his sister Charlotte goes on a tent protest...

Budleigh Salterton's most famous citizen is back! But this time, he's got a computer! Giles Wemmbley Hogg has been grounded by both the Home Office and his father, so he's set up GWH Travvel ("2m's 2g's 2v's, bit of a mix up at the printers").

Run from his bedroom in Budleigh Salterton, with the help of his long-suffering former Primary Schoolteacher Mr Timmis and the hindrance of his sister Charlotte, it's a one-stop Travel/Advice/Events Management/Website service, where each week, his schemes range far and wide - whether it's roaming the country lecturing would-be overlanders on how to pack a rucksack ("If in doubt, put it in. And double it"), or finding someone a zebra for a corporate promotion ("I'll look in the Phone Book - how hard can it be? Now, "A to D".....), GWH Travvel stays true to its motto - "We do it all, so you won't want to".

Starring Marcus Brigstocke as Giles

And featuring -

Mr. Timmis ...... Vincent Franklin
Charlotte Wemmbley Hogg ...... Catherine Shepherd
Annie ...... Rebecca Front
Ronald Crump ..... Stuart Milligan
Mayor Netherclap ..... Flip Webster
Gabe Bjesterveldt ...... David Armand

Written by Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby & Toby Davies


Producer/Director: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.

Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off: Series 5

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