Trapped

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Series of one-off black comedies written by Mark Maier and Daniel Maier.

Trapped: Series 2: 3. Smarting Up

3. Smarting Up

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Trapped, Series 2, 3. Smarting Up

An intellectual writer on a popular TV soap, unwittingly starts a cultural revolution.

Jenny, an intellectual staff writer on a popular TV soap, unwittingly starts a cultural revolution. Stars Alice Lowe. From 2006.

Frustrated intellectual, Jenny Green, is going nowhere as a staff-writer on the popular, but struggling, TV soap ‘Jesmond Road’. 

Then one day, she is presented with the opportunity to take out her frustrations on the soap's script - and in the process unwittingly starts a cultural revolution.

More one-off comedy dramas written by, and sometimes featuring, Daniel and Mark Maier

Jenny …. Alice Lowe
Callum/Director …. Matthew Horne
Sam/Reporter …. Steve Furst
Angela/Old Lady…. Jenny Eclair
Dr Berringer/Chunky/Cabbie …. Jim Barclay
Naomi …. Angela Lonsdale
Tyler/Mike/Newsreader/Karl …. Daniel Maier
Nick/Quizmaster/Trey …. Mark Maier

Producer: Claire Bartlett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.

Trapped: Series 2

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Series of black comedies written by Mark and Daniel Maier.

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