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Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive: Series 1-4: The Complete BBC Radio 4 Collection
Creator of 'The Thick Of It', 'I'm Alan Partridge' and 'Veep' and films 'In The Loop' and 'The Death Of Stalin', Armando Iannucci is probably the most famous writer/director/satirist of his generation. Here he hosts his own award-wining radio show.'The best comedy on radio' - The IndependentComedians who guested over the four series include David Mitchell, Michael McIntyre, Russell Howard, Miranda hart, Jo Brand, Phill Jupitus, Clive Anderson and a young John Oliver (before he was launched to stardom on 'The Daily Show')In the first series, Armando Iannucci and his guests pull apart the news with a heady mix of topical comedy, messed-about archive, chat and outrageous fibs, recorded in front of a live studio audience. Across the complete six episodes, they start a new religion and update some Cockney rhyming slang, and as the strike by BBC workers starts to bite and the army steps in, we hear a debate on breastfeeding from 'Woman's Hour' hosted by Gunner-Sergeant Harry Donaldson of the 5th Norfolk Fusiliers. In another show the team take a look at the new Star Wars epic and debate the right of the Sith to wear a hood in a public galaxy, whilst simultaneously fending off a bid by Malcolm Glazer to buy a 75 per cent stake in the programme as it goes out, and in yet another show they make a List of the 100 Best Lists Ever and end up ringing Jimmy Carr's answerphone to find out the winner... In series 2, Armando and his guests episodes, they worry about a new spate of Middle Class illnesses, including Repetitive Divorce Injury, Recyclists's Elbow & Having To Stay In All Day To Await Delivery of a Trampoline-itis. Meanwhile, as the cult of daredevil Book For Boys grows, Armando shows off his I've actually got a sawn-off knife, which is actually just a handle. In another episode, they we debate whether Chris Moyles should be punished for his use of the word 'gay' on his Radio 1 breakfast show or whether he should just be punished in general. Plus they give some Radio 4 programmes a bit of a makeover as Start the Week is remade as The Dawn of the Dead...In the third series, Armando Iannucci and his guests check that all the jokes have to be strictly in accordance with legal norms. For example - 'Knock knock', 'Who's there?' 'It's me - the person knocking at the door', 'Hang on, I'll open it then'. We also hear selected extracts from newsreader Vaughan Savidge's calming 'Little Book Of Vaughan' which includes such wonderful advice as - 'First thing in the morning, look in the mirror, wink at yourself and say "Hey, you tousled genius. See you on the toilet..." And Dara O'Briain, Simon Evans & David Quantick think of what statues they'd like to see until they finally all agree that they'd like to make a statue of Louis Walsh, literally by dropping him in concrete.Across the fourth and final series, with Britain looking forward to the 2012 Olympics they'll be considering possible new sporting events such as Single Mumming, 4 x 100 Teenage Pregnancies & Turkey Twizzling. Plus they study some interesting animal facts such as 'Plankton always drift anti-clockwise, and form giant funny faces when no-one's looking' and 'Young adult pigs have started to emulate human behaviour by eating rubbish, drinking a lot and getting slaughtered'. Another episode sees the collapse of the financial markets and the team ask who they'd like to see collapse next?. 'I'd like to see Hallmark collapse, like a house of cards' and 'I'd like to see Damien Hirst collapse. In front of me. So I could then sell his skull at auction' are just two of the answers... And further, in the week where Barack Obama said to Sarah Palin 'You can't put lipstick on a pig' our panel realize animal metaphors are this season's must have and are hotter than a peacock on a spacehopper. Other exciting new modern maxims include 'You can't put a wig on a goldfish" and "Too many cooks are on the telly'
Armando Iannucci (Author), , Alexei Sayle, Armando Iannucci, Clive Anderson, Full Cast, Jo Brand, Marcus Brigstocke, Mark Steel, Phill Jupitus (Narrator)
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Chain Reaction: Complete Series 9
'Chain Reaction' is the entertaining BBC Radio 4 tag talk show where this week's guest is next week's interviewer. Famous names from the world of showbusiness choose who they would like to chat to, and must submit to being questioned in their turn the week after. In this seventh series, guests (and hosts) include Marcus Brigstocke, Clive Anderson, John Lloyd, Phill Jupitus, John Hegley, Jack Dee and Jeremy Hardy.
BBC Audiobooks (Author), Clive Anderson, Jack Dee, Jeremy Hardy, John Hegley, John Lloyd, Marcus Brigstocke, Phill Jupitus (Narrator)
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Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off: Complete Series 1
Fresh from rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, comedian Marcus Brigstocke gives full voice to his backpacking student twit first heard in The Now Show. Armed with only a portable tape recorder and some stout corduroy, Giles Wemmbley Hogg (two m's, two g's) bravely sets forth from his native Budleigh Salterton and offers his unique observation in these spoof travelogues. His meanderings take him to such exotic locations as the Sudan, Bolivia, the Arctic and Thailand. So join Giles on his travels and meet the people he meets, hear the sounds he hears, and let him describe - in his charming and inimitable way - the sights he sees. Grotesque but loveable, he's a travelling companion to make your toes curl in their walking boots.
Graeme Garden, Jeremy Salsby, Marcus Brigstocke (Author), Marcus Brigstocke (Narrator)
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Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off: Complete Series 3
He's back! Budleigh Salterton's most famous citizen is off round the world on another five adventures. Meet Giles Wemmbley Hogg - 2 'm's, 2 'g's. Traveller, backpacker, ethnologist, fearless investigator of cultural diversity, and upper middle-class student ponce from Budleigh Salterton. And this time, Giles has graduated from University, with a first! He's actually the first person ever to have finished a course in Canadian Studies, and now he's on the job market and looking for anyone who'll have him. In these six episodes, with his trusty portable DAT and his Charterhouse rugby shirt, Giles tries his hand at the sort of jobs that only rich fathers' rich friends get for their idiot sons. Each week he travels to far-off foreign lands and joins the exotic world of work, and each week he makes a thumping great prat of himself! First he heads to an oil rig on the Cromarty Firth; then it's off to Japan where Giles tries out bond trading. Episode Three sees him being a most unlikely chalet girl in France; while in Episode Four he's leading a European ballet tour. Haiti is his destination in the fifth episode, where he experiments with voodoo, and in the final episode he heads to Ireland to find an old flame. Marcus Brigstocke stars as Giles, with Catherine Tate as Arabella. Guest stars include Jessica Hynes, Katy Brand and Miranda Hart.
Graeme Garden, Jeremy Salsby, Marcus Brigstocke (Author), Marcus Brigstocke (Narrator)
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Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off: Complete Series 4
Giles has been grounded! Budleigh Salterton's most famous citizen has been forced to stay at home by the Home Office - and his father. But something minor like that won't dent Giles's enthusiasm, so in this fourth series he sets up GWH Travvel ('two 'm's, two 'g's, two 'v's - bit of a mix up at the printers'). Run from his bedroom, GWH Travvel is a one-stop Travel/Advice/Events Management/Website service, which always stays true to its motto: 'we go there so you won't want to'. Helped by his ex-primary school teacher Mr Timmis, Giles advises people on how to pack a rucksack ('if in doubt, put it in. And double it'), and even helps someone find a zebra for a corporate promotion. Series highlights include going to Greece to rescue some GWH Travvel punters that he'd accidentally put in harm's way, an Agatha Christie-style septuagenarian hen night 'Murder on the Orient Express' and a Vegas Road Trip featuring a powerful Jacuzzi and some sparkly Germans. This complete BBC Radio 4 series co-stars Catherine Tate, with guest stars Celia Imrie, Alison Steadman and Morwenna Banks.
Graeme Garden, Jeremy Salsby, Marcus Brigstocke (Author), Marcus Brigstocke (Narrator)
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Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off: Glastonbury Special
He's back, and this time he's muddy. You can follow the exploits the guru of Budleigh Salterton as he enjoys the sights, the smells and the sheer footling misery of Glastonbury 2007. With his ever-unhelpful fiancée Bella, played by Catherine Tate, and a ragtag assortment of hippies and hummus, Giles shows you that all you need for the perfect festival is 4000 Cornish pasties, Shirley Bassey and a hat in the shape of a muppet. That's Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off... To Glastonbury
Graeme Garden, Jeremy Salsby, Marcus Brigstocke (Author), Marcus Brigstocke (Narrator)
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'There's probably no God ... but I wish there was. I've got some things I need to ask him.' Based on Marcus Brigstocke's award-winning Edinburgh and West End show, God Collar focuses on the 'God-shaped hole' that opens up in Marcus's life following the death of his best friend. Exploring his own issues surrounding faith - his lack of it, his need for it, some people's waste of it and what good purposes it might serve if he could get hold of it - he rails against the holy trinity of Abrahamic religions (Islam, Christianity and Judaism) while atheists, agnostics and believers of all faiths get it in the neck too. God Collar is a scathing look at modern faith that will leave you laughing out loud and examining your own beliefs in equal measure. 'As luck would have it, my relationship with God is as dysfunctional and peppered with resentment and recrimination as ever, so this should make for good writing.'
Marcus Brigstocke (Author), Marcus Brigstocke (Narrator)
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I've Never Seen Star Wars Series 1
I've Never Seen Star Wars is a Radio 4 entertainment series in which Marcus Brigstocke asks his guest of the week to embrace ordinary activities and experiences that they've perhaps always meant to try but haven't had the time, the courage or possibly the inclination. The challenges that the guests undertook in series one included drinking absinthe (Phill Jupitus), swimming (Paul Daniels), constructing some flat-packed furniture (Mark Steel), swigging a pint (Eve Pollard), buying a pornographic magazine from a shop (Tim Brooke-Taylor) and finally joining Facebook (Esther Rantzen), and that's but to name a few of the many activities involved...
Marcus Brigstocke (Author), Esther Rantzen, Eve Pollard, Marcus Brigstocke, Mark Steel, Paul Daniels, Phill Jupitus, Tim Brooke Taylor (Narrator)
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I've Never Seen Star Wars Series 2, Complete
In this second series, Marcus Brigstocke invites his guests to try things they've never done before. Whether the experiences are banal or profound, the show is all about getting out of our comfort zones and embracing the new. Brigstocke's guests in Series 2 are Barry Cryer, Arthur Smith, Dame Joan Bakewell, Jan Ravens, Suggs and Sandi Toksvig.
Marcus Brigstocke (Author), Arthur Smith, Barry Cryer, Jan Ravens, Joan Bakewell, Marcus Brigstocke, Sandi Toksvig, Suggs (Narrator)
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I've Never Seen Star Wars Series 3, Complete
In this third series, Marcus Brigstocke invites his guests to try things they've never done before. Whether the experiences are banal or profound, the show is all about getting out of our comfort zones and embracing the new. Brigstocke's guests in Series 3 are Sanjeev Bhaskar, Jon Culshaw, Jenny Eclair, Ardal O'Hanlon and John Lloyd.
Marcus Brigstocke (Author), Ardal O'hanlon, Jenny Eclair, Jenny éclair, John Lloyd, Jon Culshaw, Marcus Brigstocke, Sanjeev Bhaskar (Narrator)
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I've Never Seen Star Wars Series 4, Complete
In this fourth series, Marcus Brigstocke invites his guests to try things they've never done before. Whether the experiences are banal or profound, the show is all about getting out of our comfort zones and embracing the new. Brigstocke's guests in Series 4 are Ian Hislop, Frank Skinner, Alan Davies, Giles Coren, Kathy Burke and Sarah Millican.
Marcus Brigstocke (Author), Alan Davies, Alan Davies, Frank Skinner, Giles Coren, Ian Hislop, Kathy Burke, Marcus Brigstocke, Sarah Millican (Narrator)
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I’ve Never Seen Star Wars: The Complete Series 1-6: The BBC Radio 4 comedy show
Marcus Brigstocke persuades his reluctant guests to try new experiences: things that they've perhaps always meant to try but haven't had the time, the courage or possibly the inclination. Enjoy hearing some famous names embrace new challenges, such as Phill Jupitus drinking absinthe, Mark Steel constructing flat-pack furniture, Esther Rantzen finally joining Facebook, Kelly Holmes trying her first deep-fried Mars bar, Giles Coren having a go at being vegan, and Frank Skinner getting a spray tan.The curious guests include: Phill Jupitus, Paul Daniels, Mark Steel, Esther Rantzen, Suggs, Sandi Toksvig, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Jon Culshaw, Jenni Eclair, Ardal O’Hanlon, Kate Adie, Ian Hislop, Frank Skinner, Alan Davies, Kathy Burke, Sarah Millican, Meera Syal, Dave Gorman, Benjamin Zephaniah, Rebecca Front, Reece Shearsmith and Kelly Holmes.Whether the experiences are banal or profound, the show is all about getting out of our comfort zones and embracing the new.
Marcus Brigstocke (Author), , Full Cast, Marcus Brigstocke (Narrator)
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