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The Simon Day Show: Series 1: Geoffrey Allerton

Geoff Allerton

Geoffrey Allerton

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Simon Day Show, Series 1, Geoffrey Allerton

Yorkshire's acclaimed poet performs at the Mallard Theatre and struggles to get a hot meal

Yorkshire's acclaimed poet performs at the Mallard Theatre and struggles to get a hot meal. With Arabella Weir. From April 2011.

Simon Day and his characters welcome you to The Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK. 

Each week one of them comes to perform - with highlights of that night's show along plus all the backstage and front-of-house happenings.

First on stage, it's the acclaimed Yorkshire poet, Geoffrey Allerton. 

Geoffrey reads poems and excerpts from his recent memoir "Marking Time", as well as struggling to get a hot meal from sound and lighting technician, Goose. 

Meanwhile in the bar, two local mums are getting to know each other over several bottles of wine.

Written by Simon Day and Felix Dexter.  

Geoffrey Allerton ..... Simon Day
Anna / Claire ..... Catherine Shepherd
Sarah ..... Arabella Weir
Goose ..... Felix Dexter
Ron Bone ..... Simon Greenall

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.

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