Rudy's Rare Records

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Sitcom by Danny Robins, set in a Birmingham record shop

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Rudy's Rare Records: Series 1: Take Me Home, Country Roads

Take Me Home, Country Roads

Series 1

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Adam reluctantly goes to help out at his Dad's record shop when he is taken ill.

Adam reluctantly goes to help out at his Dad's record shop when he is taken ill. Starring Lenny Henry. From 2008.

Three generations of men and their musical tastes collide in this family sitcom set in a Birmingham record shop. 

Starring Lenny Henry.

Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell from an original idea by Lenny Henry. 
 
Rudy Sharpe owns an old record store in Birmingham - the last bastion of black music in Handsworth. When he suffers a 'heart attack', his neurotic, middle-aged, middle-class, divorcee son Adam and 17 year old grandson Richie come up from London to look after him. 
 
Crammed together, living in the tiny flat above the shop, the three men are set to clash on a daily basis.   

Whilst Rudy and Richie share a love of reggae and soul music, Adam is the odd one out - thanks to his tastes in classical music. 

Adam Sharpe    ......    Lenny Henry
Richie Sharp    ......    Joe Jacobs
Rudy Sharpe    ......    Larrington Walker 
Doreen    ......    Claire Benedict
Tasha    ......    Natasha Godfrey 
Clifton    ......    Jeffery Kissoon 
Alison    ......    Tracy-Ann Oberman
Customers    ......    Colin Hoult/Doc Brown

Producer: Lucy Armitage.
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2008.

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