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: 5. Ed Reardon is on Fire!

5. Ed Reardon is on Fire!

Series 15

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Ed decides to run an online quiz but is somewhat distracted by Jake’s new girlfriend.

It’s been sixteen weeks and four days now since the death of Elgar and Ed is in need of a distraction.  His son, Jake, suggests Ed should re-start his quiz nights online for £10 an entry which is not an unappealing thought.  He’s also got a new commission from Ping to write for a new quiz format ‘Fess Your Chew – all the snacks and sweets you loved from the noughties’.  However, Ed has another, more pressing, distraction when Jake introduces his new girlfriend, Quizzy, who bears an uncanny resemblance to one of Ed’s lost loves from 1998.

Ed Reardon - Christopher Douglas
Ping - Barunka  O’Shaughnessy
Stan - Geoffrey Whitehead
Olive - Sally Grace
Winnie - Ellen Thomas
Eli - Lisa Coleman
Jake - Sam Pamphillon
Quizzy - Helen Monks
Firefighter - Rachel Atkins

Written by 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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