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Meet Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, fare-dodger and master of the abusive email.

Meet Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive email, trying to survive in a world where the media seems to be run by idiots and charlatans.

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Ed Reardon's Week: Series 7: From Bean to Cup

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Ed has landed on his feet with a decent pad, a coffee maker and gainful employment.

At last Ed’s got a decent pad, a coffee maker and gainful employment. But for how long? Stars Christopher Douglas. January 2011.

Ed finds himself working on a corporate video with the high powered team of director and old sparring partner Jaz Milvane, and Oscar-winning producer Heidi Fisher. 

He's also house-sitting for a well-heeled neighbour and enjoying all the benefits this civic duty brings, such as the use of comfortable furniture in agreeable surroundings, electrical appliances that work, and access to decent stationary and a well-stocked fridge. 

Perhaps Ed is about to enjoy his week and be well paid for a change...

The comical world of a curmudgeonly pipe-smoking author and his trusty cat Elgar - with his never-ending capacity for scrimping and scraping at whatever scraps his agent Ping digs up, 

Christopher Douglas stars as Ed Reardon.

Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.

Ed Reardon ..... Christopher Douglas
Felix ..... John Fortune
Jaz Milvane ..... Philip Jackson
Ping ..... Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Heidi ..... Matilda Ziegler
Window Cleaner ..... Dan Tetsell
Pearl ..... Rita May
Olive ..... Stephanie Cole
Stan ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Houseowner ..... Paul Merton

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2011.

Ed Reardon's Week: Series 7

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Ed Reardon - author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive email.

Ed Reardon is an author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive email. Comedy series by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.

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