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Fat Chance: A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series
"Jenny McDade’s heart-warming comedy about a wannabe Blue Peter presenter who joins a slimming group It’s the 1990s and the body positivity movement has yet to be born. Graham Pitscottie dreams of one day becoming a presenter on Blue Peter. However, he is stuck replenishing the pick 'n' mix at Woolworths. By his own admission he is, ‘a bit of a fatso’, and because there are no fat Blue Peter presenters, he joins - at the insistence of his mother Soo - a slimming class run by Wendy Bottomley. This heartwarming vintage sitcom is a joy to listen to. As Graham befriends his fellow slimmers, he learns that everyone has a story to tell. Wendy has not admitted to her husband Clive that she is running the class. Tina enlists his help as an escort, in a bid to make her errant husband jealous. And when bride-to-be Kelly is getting ready for her big day, the club rally round to give her a day she'll never forget - though she may want to… Share the trials and tribulations of a group of unlikely friends, who have each other’s backs through cheating exes, unsupportive husbands, uncertain weddings, Blue Peter aspirations and being accepted for who you are. This full-fat, bittersweet comedy about a group of people fighting the flab stars Janine Duvitski (Waiting for God, One Foot in the Grave and Benidorm) and Michael Troughton (Minder, The New Statesman and Doctor Who). Cast and credits Written by Jenny McDade Produced by Sally Avens Graham Pitscottie - Gareth Corke Wendy Bottomley - Janine Duvitski Clive Bottomley - Michael Troughton Soo Pitscottie - Anne Reid Tina Tattersall - Julia Deakin Kelly Chambers - Tilly Gaunt Lee Dubs - Harry Myers Mrs Enright - Frances Jeater First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 11 February - 11 March 1999 ©2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"
Jenny Mcdade (Author), Anne Reid, Frances Jeater, Full Cast, Gareth Corke, Harry Myers, Janine Duvitski, Julia Deakin, Michael Troughton, Tilly Gaunt (Narrator)
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Whistle in the Dark: From the bestselling author of Elizabeth is Missing
"Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Whistle in the Dark by Emma Healey, read by Julia Deakin and Laura Aikman. In the award-winning Elizabeth is Missing debut novelist Emma Healey explored grandmother Maud's attempt to solve a 70-year-old mystery as she succumbed to dementia. Now, in her dazzling follow-up Whistle in the Dark, we meet Jen, mother to 15-year-old Lana - who has just been found after going missing for four desperate days. Lana can't talk about the missing days. As her daughter's life falls apart, Jen turns detective to discover what happened . . . How do you rescue someone who has already been found? Jen's fifteen-year-old daughter goes missing for four agonizing days. When Lana is found, unharmed, in the middle of the desolate countryside, everyone thinks the worst is over. But Lana refuses to tell anyone what happened, and the police think the case is closed. The once-happy, loving family returns to London, where things start to fall apart. Lana begins acting strangely: refusing to go to school, and sleeping with the light on. With her daughter increasingly becoming a stranger, Jen is sure the answer lies in those four missing days. But will Lana ever reveal what happened? 'A psychological thriller that meshes the homely with the Gothic' Literary Review 'Oozing with tension and written with captivating brilliance' Heat 'As gripping as its predecessor' Elle 'Gripping, deeply affecting' Irish Times"
Emma Healey (Author), Julia Deakin, Laura Aikman (Narrator)
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Eight Feet High And Rising: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation
"A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama starring James Alexandrou (Martin Fowler, 'EastEnders'), originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 7 December 2010. Giant. Upstairs. Ten quid a look. A touchingly real and comically disingenuous story about the awkwardness of being misshapen, and the misery of not fitting in. Starring James Alexandrou as Liam, Candassaie Liburd as Ethel and Marcella Riordan as Pat. Also featured in the cast are Julia Deakin, Sophie Pemberton, Manjeet Mann and Inam Mirza. Written by Ali Taylor and directed by Jessica Dromgoole."
Ali Taylor (Author), Candassaie Liburd, Inam Mirza, James Alexandrou, Julia Deakin, Manjeet Mann, Marcella Riordan, Sophie Pemberton (Narrator)
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