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Meet Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, fare-dodger and master of the abusive email.

Meet Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive email, trying to survive in a world where the media seems to be run by idiots and charlatans.

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Christopher Douglas

Jenny Agutter

Stephanie Cole

Philip Jackson

Alison Steadman

Barunka O'Shaughnessy

Melanie Hudson

Nicola Sanderson

Andrew Nickolds

Dawn Ellis

Ed Reardon's Week: Series 9: Episode 1: The Personal Statement

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Episode 1: The Personal Statement

Series 9

The Personal Statement

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Ed starts applying for real jobs to try to get back into ex-girlfriend Fiona's good books.

Trying to win back his ex-girlfriend, writer Ed applies for real jobs. Stars Christopher Douglas and Jenny Agutter. From 2013.

Ed is grovelling to his former girlfriend Fiona, claiming to be a 'changed man'. But as she quite rightly points out, he's still wearing the same socks and sandals. 

As Ed tries to get back into her good books, he finds himself retiring from the writing trade and applying for real jobs. So it is, he writes a personal statement and attends his first interview for a salaried position since, well, ever........

The comical world of an author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive e-mail.

Starring Christopher Douglas.

Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.

Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas
Fiona ......	Jenny Agutter
Olive ......	Stephanie Cole
Jaz Milvain ......	Philip Jackson
Pearl ......	Alison Steadman
Ping	...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Interviewer ...... Melanie Hudson
Waitress ...... Nicola Sanderson

Producer:  Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2013.

Ed Reardon's Week: Series 9

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