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Comedy about a psychotherapist who thinks he has the answers.

Comedy about a psychotherapist who thinks he has the answers, if only his ex-wife and kids would listen.

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Cracking Up: Series 2: Dylan Dares to Dream

Dylan Dares to Dream

Series 2

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Divorcee Spencer is confronted by teenage son Dylan in an episode "a bit like Star Wars".

Spencer faces the moment when son Dylan asserts himself as a man and a baguette fight ensues. Stars Michael Hobbs. From 2019.

Divorcee father Spencer Pandy has maintained his authority over his teenage son Dylan with a mixture of demanding respect and hoping for the best. 

But after a series of elaborate dreams in which a small and rodent-like man called Master Gojo awakens Young Dylan to his impending confrontation with his father, The Dark Lord, a reckoning is fast approaching.

It takes place at the local shopping mall where Dylan and Spencer have become stuck in a coin-operated Noddy Car. 11-year-old Tilly has gone to school that day with a colander gaffa-taped to her face but Mrs Ademola has removed it (along with most of her hair) - and so Tilly has arrived at the shopping mall for the showdown, in the character of The Bald Ninja-baby.

Spencer has been warned of the confrontation by a mysterious client called Ken, who sounds suspiciously like Alec Guinness, and it’s only when Dylan finally commands his father to fight - in the bread and cakes aisle, armed with a buzzing baguette - that Spencer understands Ken’s directive that "the spirit must pass".

Written, composed and narrated by Johnny Daukes.

Comedy about a psychotherapist who thinks he has the answers, if only his ex-wife and kids would listen.

Narrator ...... Johnny Daukes
Spencer Pandy ...... Michael Hobbs
Tina Pandy ...... Katherine Jakeways
Dylan Pandy ...... Jack Burke
Tilly Pandy ...... Betty Daukes
Owen ...... Jay Simpson
Jamal ...... Connor Whitmore

With:: 

Rebecca Clay
Paul Shearer

Producer:  Johnny Daukes 

A Big Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2019.

Cracking Up: Series 2

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Comedy about a divorced  psychotherapist who thinks he has all the answers.

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