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The Simon Day Show: Series 2: Geoff Allerton

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Yorkshire poet Geoff Allerton and his amateur journalist pal Duncan are at the Mallard.

Yorkshire poet Geoff Allerton and his amateur journalist pal Duncan are at the Mallard. With Paul Whitehouse. 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, it's the turn of Yorkshire poet Geoffrey Allerton, who's accompanied by his amateur journalist friend, Duncan.

Written by Simon Day.

Billy Bleach ...... Simon Day
Duncan ...... Paul Whitehouse
Emanuel Akinyemi ...... Felix Dexter
Pat Bennet ...... Morwenna Banks
Ron Bone / Wozac ...... Simon Greenall
Duncan ...... Paul Whitehouse

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.

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