Ed Reardon's Week

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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 6: Elgar Writes

Elgar Writes

Series 6

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Ed's cat Elgar finds fame when his blog becomes an internet hit.

Ed's cat, Elgar, finds fame when he becomes an internet hit with his blog. Stars Christopher Douglas. From February 2010

Whilst Ed is busily teaching grammar to some clumsy, apostrophe-ridden phishers, Elgar finds fame when he becomes an internet hit with his blog.  

Could Elgar be a more successful writer than Ed?  

Quite probably.

The comical world of an author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive e-mail.

Christopher Douglas stars as Ed Reardon.

Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.

Ed Reardon ..... Christopher Douglas
Olive ..... Stephanie Cole
Jaz ..... Philip Jackson
Pearl ..... Rita May
Ping ..... Barunka O'Shaughnessey
Stan ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Paul Sharma ..... Nicola Sanderson

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.

Ed Reardon's Week: Series 6

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Comedy series by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds

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

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