Ed Reardon's Week

Original version

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Podcasts

Comedy: Sitcoms

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.

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 LW

Christopher Douglas

Stephanie Cole

Nicholas Farrell

Brigit Forsyth

Divian Ladwa

Sylvestra Le Touzel

Barunka O'Shaughnessy

Geoffrey Whitehead

Andrew Nickolds

Dawn Ellis

Ed Reardon's Week: Series 11: Poetry? No Thanks

Poetry? No Thanks

Series 11

BBC Radio 4 - Ed Reardon's Week, Series 11, Poetry? No Thanks

Ed becomes involved in honouring plucky wartime songbird 'Beryl Bassett'.

Ed joins a committee to help erect a statue honouring a plucky wartime songbird. Stars Christopher Douglas. From 2016.

Ed becomes involved in the work of a committee when he agrees to get involved in the erection of a statue on university grounds to honour the plucky wartime songbird 'Beryl Bassett'. 

This means not only ploughing through hundreds of entries for a poetry competition to find a suitable ode to be read at the unveiling, but liaising with Beryl's son who has his eye on Antonia, a small gauge railway and a dubious family past.

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

Starring Christopher Douglas.

Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas.  

Ed Reardon    ......    Christopher Douglas
Olive    ......    Stephanie Cole
Bobby    ......    Nicholas Farrell
Pearl    ......    Brigit Forsyth
Max    ......    Divian Ladwa
Antonia    ......    Sylvestra Le Touzel
Ping    ......    Barunka O'Shaughnessy

Producer: Dawn Ellis.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2016.

Ed Reardon's Week: Series 11

BBC Radio 4

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

Comedy. The curmudgeonly author takes listeners through his week

Comedy series by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas. The curmudgeonly author takes listeners through his week

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 11

Poetry? No Thanks

Contributors

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC Radio 4 Extra

About BBC Radio 4 Extra