Vent

Shortened

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Comedy

Comedy: Sitcoms

Dark sitcom about Ben living a fantasy life while lying in a coma. Stars Neil Pearson.

Dark sitcom about Ben living a fantasy life of his own creation - while his family argue over him from the real world. Starring Neil Pearson.

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 LW

Vent: Series 3: Ladies and Gentlemen

Ladies and Gentlemen

Series 3

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Vent, Series 3, Ladies and Gentlemen

As Ben leaves hospital to start a new life, he invents a panel game and meets Buzz Aldrin.

As comatose Ben leaves hospital, he invents a panel game and meets Buzz Aldrin. Stars Neil Pearson. From 2009.

Ben makes the ambulance journey home to begin life in a wheelchair. 

On the way he remembers an argument about cheesecake, invents a panel game and meets Buzz Aldrin.

Starring Neil Pearson.  

Nigel Smith's dark sitcom about a man in a coma, travelling through the distinctly odd landscape of his own unconscious mind.

Ben ...... Neil Pearson
Mary ...... Fiona Allen
Mum ...... Josie Lawrence
Blitz ...... Leslie Ash
Nurse ...... Jo Martin
Derek ...... Stephen Frost
Marley ...... Spencer Brown
Chairman ...... Robert Webb
Buzz ...... Peter Banks
Announcer ...... Bruce Alexander
Bea ...... Scarlett Milburn-Smith

Director: Nigel Smith.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.

Vent: Series 3

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.

Dark comedy series about a man lying in hospital in a coma, written by Nigel Smith

Dark comedy series about a man lying in hospital in a coma, who lives out a fantasy life of his own creation while his family argue over him from the real world. Written by Nigel S

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Vent

Series 3

Ladies and Gentlemen

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC Radio 4 Extra

About BBC Radio 4 Extra