The Simon Day Show

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The Simon Day Show: Series 2: Billy Bleach

Billy Bleach

Series 2

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Billy Bleach returns to the Mallard, the theatre that gave him his first big break.

Billy Bleach returns to The Mallard, the theatre that gave him his first big break. With Felix Dexter. From June 2012.

Simon Day and his characters welcome you back to The Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK. 

Each week one of Simon's comic characters come to perform, while the staff struggle with rivalries, self-doubt and the new owner's vision for the theatre's future.

This time, Fast Show favourite Billy Bleach returns to The Mallard, the theatre that gave him his first big break.

Written by Simon Day.  

Billy Bleach ..... Simon Day
Emanuel Akinyemi ..... Felix Dexter
Pat Bennet ... Morwenna Banks
Ron Bone ..... Simon Greenall

Producer:  Colin Anderson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.

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