Audiobooks by Christopher Douglas

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Ed Reardon’s Week: Series 16: A BBC Radio 4 Sitcom

"The complete 16th series of the hit comedy – including the 100th episode ‘Matchless’ Julie Burchill, The Spectator Ed Reardon, washed-up writer, master of the diatribe and a man with the unfaltering ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, hits the milestone of his 20th anniversary on Radio 4. Still mourning his beloved feline companion, he finds solace in a new life partner – the offspring of Elgar. But he’s sorely in need of a new source of income now his wealthy Third Age writing-class students have all decamped to Dubai. Never one to be defeated, he clears out his storage cupboard to illegally sub-let it as an ‘opportunity for boutique capsule living’, tries to find an outlet for his long-forgotten radio play A Pigeon in Sainsbury’s, takes on the role of theatre critic for The Countrywoman magazine, and agrees to write a bottle episode of Jaz Milvain’s new show about two chalk-and-cheese cops who do things their own way. With commissions thin on the ground, he’s forced to become the ‘Writer in Residence’ at a nuclear power station: but unfortunately, his on/off romantic partner Maggie is on the other side of the fence protesting. And in the final episode of the series – the landmark 100th show – the curmudgeonly author makes the fateful decision to stop writing for good. Can Zadie Smith persuade Ed not to throw in the towel? First broadcast in 2005, Ed Reardon’s Week has garnered two Broadcasting Press Guild awards for Best Radio Programme, and attracted some of the UK’s finest actors as guest stars. Joining the roll call in this series are Adrian Scarborough, Robert Powell, Stephen Mangan and Joe Thomas, while regulars include Christopher Douglas as Ed, Lisa Coleman as Eli, Barunka O’Shaughnessy as Ping and Pippa Haywood as Maggie. Written by Christopher Douglas Produced by Dawn Ellis Production Co-ordinator: Katie Baum Sound: Jon Calver & Alison McKenzie Cast Ed Reardon – Christopher Douglas Eli – Lisa Coleman Christos/Uncle Beastly – Simon Greenall Ping – Barunka O’Shaughnessy Sheila/Francesca/Fifi/Kayleigh/Newsreader – Nicola Sanderson Ross – Dan Tetsell Simon – Joe Thomas Maggie – Pippa Haywood The Pigeon – Stephen Mangan Nick – Adrian Scarborough Michael Berkeley – Himself Willow – Eve Ponsonby Sir Peter – Robert Powell Jaz Milvain – Philip Jackson Jake – Sam Pamphilon Clare – Clare Perkins Devashree – Aasiya Shah Danny – Tom Stourton Kate – Robin Weaver Petroc Trelawney – Himself First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 30 June-4 August 2025 © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Christopher Douglas (Author), Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Christopher Douglas, Full Cast, Lisa Coleman, Pippa Haywood (Narrator)

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Beauty of Britain: The Complete Series 1-3

"The complete series 1-3 of the BBC Radio 4 narrative comedy featuring Beauty Oolonga's adventures as a care worker, starring Jocelyn Jee Esien. Beauty of Britain breaks the embarrassed silence about what happens to us when we get old and start to lose our faculties. It shows the process in all its chaotic tragi-comedy but it does so from the point of view of a migrant worker, Beauty, whose Zimbabwean Shona background has taught her to respect age. Beauty sees Britain at its best, its worst and also sometimes without its clothes on running the wrong way down the M6 with a toy dog shouting 'Come on!' In first series Beauty discovers the glories of Weston-super-Mare's charity shops, has a disastrous crush on worship leader Wayne and looks after the elderly Mr Easterby, who has a new girlfriend and is behaving like a love-struck teenager. In the second series, Beauty’s employer, the Featherdown Agency, sends her to provide care for those who need it - and some who don't, but all of whom have relatives with guilty consciences. In the third and final series Beauty's mother pays her a visit, finds herself on the receiving end of a surprising proposal and wonders is Stephen, a charming English gent, is just like Hugh Grant in those movies. Jocelyn Jee Esien heads up a starry cast that includes Jenny Agutter, Felix Dexter, Pippa Haywood, Paterson Joseph, Julia Mackenzie, Felicity Montagu, Geoffrey Palmer and Clive Swift. Written by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson, Produced by Tilusha Ghelani."

Christopher Douglas, Nicola Sanderson (Author), Felicity Montagu, Felix Dexter, Full Cast, Jenny Agutter, Jocelyn Jee Esien, Paterson Joseph, Pippa Haywood (Narrator)

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