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Vincent Franklin

Rebekah Staton

Kieran Hodgson

Julia Deakin

Tom Crowley

Catriona Knox

Paul Shearer

Paul Putner

Tessa Coates

Jo Unwin

Jack Bernhardt

David Tyler

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Daniel and Audrey save the Welfare State with a can of lager and a police uniform.

Fighting over the Welfare State with the aid of a lager can, a fake police uniform and an actor. Stars Catriona Knox. From 2015.

A sitcom set in the Office of Local and National Statistics which, depending on who you ask, is either where the real power of government resides, or the place where fun goes to die.
 
In this episode, Daniel and Audrey fight over the Welfare State with the aid of a can of strong lager, a fake police uniform and a beloved British character actor.

Meet the team:

Graham Quicks is Head of the People and Places Department of the LNS. There are three things in the world that Graham will always have faith in – statistics, the supremacy of filofaxes over computers and the idea that cardigans will never go out of style.
 
Audrey Carr is the Survey Researcher for the department. She believes passionately that statistics should be used as a tool to help the man on the street. Fortunately for her, she's never actually met "the man in the street". She's also passionate about Jane Austen, Les Miserables and pretending that she doesn't work in an office with Daniel.
 
Daniel Porter is the department's Data Analyst. He used to work in the City, until the City realised he was a colossal waste of space. Daniel divides his time between manipulating statistics to further his vision of capitalism, necking energy drinks and telling people his thighs are really, really strong. He's terrible.
 
Mrs. Wilkins has worked as tea lady, archivist and maintenance guru for fifteen years. She knows where the bodies are buried. We must stress that that is a figure of speech.

Graham Quicks ...... Vincent Franklin
Audrey Carr ...... Rebekah Staton
Daniel Porter ...... Kieran Hodgson
Mrs Wilkins ...... Julia Deakin
 
Special guests:
Jonty............................Tom Crowley
Stephanie....................Catriona Knox
Pete Postlefake............Paul Shearer
The Policeman..............Paul Putner
The Passer-By..............Tessa Coates

With Jo Unwin as The Narrator

Written by Jack Bernhardt

Producer: David Tyler

A Pozzitive production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.

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