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Comedy: Satire

Comedy series making fun of technology and radio.

Comedy series making fun of technology and radio, written by Jerome Vincent and Stephen Dinsdale

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William Beck

Emma Kilbey

Lizzy Watts

David Brett

Eddie Eyre

Chris Stanton

Jessica Carroll

Jerome Vincent

Stephen Dinsdale

David Blount

The Future of Radio: Series 2: Friends Electric

Friends Electric

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 - The Future of Radio, Series 2, Friends Electric

Audio boffins explore the possibilities of the Internet of Things.

Scientists give machines judgement. More secrets of the Institute of Radiophonic Evolution. With William Beck. From 2016.

These programmes reveal the secret work of the Institute of Radiophonic Evolution in South Mimms - drawing on conference calls, voice notes and life-logs, to tell a compelling and strange story of the technological lengths to which the researchers will go to push forward the boundaries of the emerging digital technologies.
 
Each week a jiffy bag of sound files arrives at BBC Radio 4. We listen to the contents to discover what backroom boffins Luke Mourne and Professor Trish Baldock (ably assisted by Shelley – on work experience) have been up to.
 
In this episode, jealousy of a fellow inventor drives Luke to take Artificial Intelligence to the next level.
 
Luke..................William Beck
Trish..................Emma Kilbey
Shelley...............Lizzy Watts
Felix....................David Brett
Leary..................Eddie Eyre
Pontius...............Chris Stanton
with Chris Stanton and Jessica Carroll
 
Written by Jerome Vincent & Stephen Dinsdale
 
Producer David Blount

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in February 2016.

The Future of Radio: Series 2

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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