Sue Limb

Four Joneses and a Jenkins

  • Four Joneses and a Jenkins

    • Sue Limb

    • Geoffrey Whitehead (Read by)

    • Lisbeth Miles (Read by)

    • Matthew Morgan (Read by)

    • Michael Fenton Stevens (Read by)

    • Nickolas Grace (Read by)

    • Rebecca Front (Read by)

    An everyday story of sheep, sin and scholarship under the shadow of the Long Mynd

    Written by Sue Limb (Gloomsbury, Skeletons in the Cupboard), this pastoral sitcom follows six months in the life of the Jones family, who live on a small farm in rural Wales.

    We join them in September - the start of the farming year - as daughter Megan, a brainy 'plain Jane', sets her sights on Mr Bootle - only to find he's really just interested in birdwatching. December brings 'Goose-Feathering Night' - but Megan's determined to save Gudrun from a plucking. February finds her desperate to get into Oxford University but fearing rejection: could the creepy Mr Jenkins offer a solution? There are ructions in April, as her desire to escape the farm and become a student leads to a confrontation; while June sees a storm descend on the village, and the talk turns electric. And, as August arrives and the harvest is gathered in, Megan spurns the Carnival Queen contest in favour of a visit to Nana...

    BAFTA-winning actress and comedian Rebecca Front (The Thick of It, Lewis, Avenue 5) stars as Megan, with Geoffrey Whitehead as Mr Jones, Lisbeth Miles as Ma Jones, Matthew Morgan as Owen, Michael Fenton Stevens as Mr Bootle and Nickolas Grace as Mr Jenkins.

    In addition to Four Joneses and a Jenkins, this release includes a bonus programme: From Gorsemere to Gloomsbury: The Literary Lunancy of Sue Limb. In a three-hour guided tour through the worlds that flow from the pen of dramatist Sue Limb, Shaun Ley discusses the ideas and inspiration behind Sue's writing with the author herself, and chats with regular cast members including Nigel Planer and Miriam Margolyes. Featuring episodes from Sue's hit series The Wordsmiths of Gorsemere, Gloomsbury, The Sit Crom and Alison & Maud.

    Four Joneses and a Jenkins was produced by Jonathan James-Moore

    Cast
    Mr Jones - Geoffrey Whitehead
    Ma Jones - Lisbeth Miles
    Megan - Rebecca Front
    Owen - Matthew Morgan
    Mr Bootle - Michael Fenton Stevens
    Mr Jenkins - Nickolas Grace
    First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 11 August-15 September 2000

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Sue Limb is a British writer and broadcaster. Her work includes novels – many of them for young adults – and a sitcom for ITV television and BBC Radio 4, Up the Garden Path. For Radio 4, she has written a number of comedy series: The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere , The Sit Crom, Four Joneses and a Jenkins and Alison and Maud; and also Growing Pains (a documentary about ageing), Hilaire Belloc, and Cities (six programmes of literary anthology).

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