Daphne Sounds Expensive

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Sketch trio Daphne present peculiar characters, wacky scenarios and curious observations.

Sketch trio Daphne present peculiar characters, wacky scenarios, dodgy remarks and curious observations. Written by and starring Jason Forbes, Phil Wang and George Fouracres.

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Jason Forbes

Phil Wang

George Fouracres

Matt Stronge

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The boys host a charity gala night - all is going well until George's shock confession.

The boys host a charity gala night - all is going well until George makes a shock confession. With Caitlin Moran. From 2017.

The Daphne boys host a charity gala night in George's native Wolverhampton. All seems to be going swimmingly before George makes a shocking confession.

As usual they are joined by their live band, The Daphnettes and renown opera singer Sir Willard White.

Written by and starring: 

Jason Forbes
Phil Wang
George Fouracres

With: 

Celeste Dring
Jack Kirwan
Sir Willard White 

Special guest:  Caitlin Moran.

Original music composed by Jeff Carpenter

Orchestrator: Simon Nathan

The Daphnettes are the London Musical Theatre Orchestra:

Musical Director - Freddie Tapner

Violin - Debs White
Cello - Nick Squires
Trumpet - Michael Maddocks
Trombone - Elliot Pooley
Tenor Sax - Joe Atkin Reeves
Drum Kit - Ben Hartley
Percussion - Ben Burton
Piano - Jon Ranger
Bass - Jack Cherry

Producer: Matt Stronge 

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2017.

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Sketch trio Daphne present peculiar characters, wacky scenarios, dodgy remarks and curious observations. Written by and starring Jason Forbes, George Fouracres and Phil Wang.

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