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Original British Dramatists 2015

Joshua McGuire

Aimee-Ffion Edwards

David Hounslow

Jessica Turner

Sam Dale

Stephen Critchlow

Rhiannon Neads

Andrew Viner

Liz Webb

Original British Dramatists 2015: Speechless

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09/06/2015

BBC Radio 4 - Original British Dramatists 2015, Speechless

Comedy about a shy man who gains astounding confidence but misuses his powers.

Comedy starring Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Joshua McGuire. A shy man gains astounding confidence but misuses his public speaking power. By Andrew Viner.

Andrew Viner's comedy in which a shy man seemingly magically gains confidence but becomes dangerously enthralled by the visceral power of public speaking. 

Directed by Liz Webb

This is the 2nd full length radio play by Andrew Viner after When I Lived in Peru (R4). He has written a comedy book Venn That Tune, articles for the Guardian, for various radio comedies including That Mitchell and Webb Sound (R4), Parsons and Naylor (R2) and Weekending (R4) , for Aardman's Rex the Runt and extensively for children, including: Noddy, Fireman Sam, Thomas and Friends, and Timmy Time.

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