Ed Reardon's Week

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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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Ed Reardon's Week: Series 15: 1. The Storyteller

1. The Storyteller

Series 15

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Ed Reardon, curmudgeonly author bar none, returns for a new series.

Ed Reardon returns to lead us through the ups and downs of his week and finds himself having to support his daughter in her new career as a ‘Storyteller’.

Author of several plays, television dramas, works of non-fiction, letters to the BBC about the pitiful decline in standards of literature and grammar, and master of the abusive email – Ed Reardon is back.

Ed is still living in his superb, stylish capsule urban living unit (i.e., small office conversion), and conducting his part-time relationship with Maggie.  However, the means to finance a decent living as always eludes him.  His agent, Ping, is not forthcoming with any major offers of work but his nemesis and best friend, Jaz, is keen for Ed to ghost-write his new memoir, ‘I, Jaz’.

Ed would rather focus on trying to secure a spot on local radio and is busy ‘self-taping’ his audition piece berating the art of ‘Storytelling’, which proves a little difficult as his daughter, Eli,  has decided she is going to pursue a new career as a ‘Storyteller’ and asks Ed to support her.

And with Pearl having gone to join the silver workforce as a store detective, Ed has a new student in his University of the 3rd Age writing class which allows him the opportunity to introduce a superior command of the narrative art to a new audience in the form of his classic ‘Tenko’ episode. 

The series is dedicated to Andrew Nickolds, who sadly passed away mid-way through writing the series. 

The regular cast this series are joined by Ellen Thomas and Sally Grace along with guests Robert Powell, Helen Monks, Rachel Atkins and Joe Thomas.

Ed Reardon - Christopher Douglas
Ping - Barunka  O’Shaughnessy
Jaz Milvain - Philip Jackson
Eli - Lisa Coleman
Stan - Geoffrey Whitehead
Olive - Sally Grace
Winnie - Ellen Thomas

Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas
Produced by Dawn Ellis
Production Co-ordinator Katie Baum
Sound Jon Calver

Ed Reardon's Week: Series 15

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Comedy. The curmudgeonly author takes listeners through his week.

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