The Complete Third BBC Radio Series

15 Minute Musical

The complete third series of musical comedies – as heard on BBC Radio 4. These musical comedies contain some of the most foot-tapping satire you’ll ever hear... * ‘Manager Mia’ – We follow the escapades of England football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson on and off the pitch, with a tribute to ABBA. * ‘SS Metaphor’ – An unbreakable love affair set aboard an unsinkable ship, involving Kate Moss and Pete O’Doherty. * ‘Oh What a Lovely Blair’ – A patriotic First World War musical set in the trenches, with Field Marshal Corporal Lieutenant General Blair. * ‘The Court of King Michael of Parkinson’ – King Michael is looking for an heir to take over his chat-show throne. * ‘The Blue Brothers’ – We follow the quest of Dave Cameron and Boris ‘BJ’ Johnson to save the Conservative orphanage party. * ‘The Three Smugateers’ – 1652, France. Chris Martagnan wants to bring truth, justice and boredom to the world and joins the world famous Three Smugateers. All for smug and smug for all! The complete third BBC Radio 4 series by Dave Cohen, David Quantick and Richie Webb.

The Complete Fourth BBC Radio Series

The complete fourth series of brief musical comedies – as heard on BBC Radio 4. These musical comedies contain some of the most foot-tapping satire you’ll ever hear... * ‘Westminster Side Story’ – Gordon Brown and David Cameron are two gang leaders with nothing to fight about. * ‘Life on Noel’ – Noel Edmonds wakes up in 2007 and is desperate to return to 1973 in this 70s glam-rock musical. * ‘How Do You Stop a Woman Like Camilla?’ – Camilla Parker Bowles leaves the convent to help look after Charles Von Windsor’s huge family of two boys. * ‘When You Wish upon a Car’ – a tornado dumps Jeremy Clarkson under the rainbow in the car-free and pedestrian-friendly Land of Oz. * ‘The Princess and the Frog Chorus’ – Ringo Starr narrates a tabloid fairytale about Heather, a young princess, and Paul, a not-so-young mega-rich pop prince. * ‘Around the World in 15 Minutes’ – Tony Phileas Blair accepts a bet from Gordon Brown that he can’t solve the world’s problems in a quarter of an hour. The complete fourth BBC Radio 4 series by Dave Cohen, David Quantick and Richie Webb.

Dave Cohen

David Quantick

Richie Webb

Pippa Evans

Alex Lowe

Dave Lamb

Melanie Hudson

Jess Robinson

Twenty Musical Sketches

Twenty brief, barbed and bittersweet musical comedies, written by and starring Richie Webb &ndash; including eight Christmas Specials 
 
&lsquo;Let&rsquo;s have a standing ovation for the 15 Minute Musical' The Guardian 
 
Oozing with satire and sass, these fun-size yet deliciously satisfying musical comedies do for your ears what chocolate does for your taste buds. Based on the lives and careers of well-known public figures, each one takes a politician or VIP who has hit the headlines, and gives them a West End make-over. Their fabricated stories are told in an original, never-heard-before, musical that will have your toes tapping to the rhythm and shoulders shaking to the laughs. 
 
All the conventions of a musical are followed (huge production numbers, tender ballads and emotional reprises) &ndash; but artistic licence is well and truly taken as celebrities such as David Cameron, Simon Cowell and Morrissey are hilariously lampooned in song. Hear the greatest stories never told (or sung) as Julian Assange is wiki-leaked; Nigel Farage goes to Europe with a Britpop soundtrack; and Barack Obama fights for the American presidency via power ballads and rock anthems. Plus, we go &lsquo;Upstairs Downton&rsquo; with the Middletons; and pay homage to Russia&rsquo;s greatest love machine in an outrageously camp, disco-tastic look at Vladimir Putin... 
 
Also featured are all eight Christmas specials from 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, including Jeremy Corbyn Superstar!, Lady and the Trump, Cabarexit, Eurovision Gone Wrong Contest and a Rodgers and Hammerstein-inspired celebration of all things Meghan Markle: The Sixth in Line to be King and I. 
 
Winner of the Writers&rsquo; Guild of Great Britain Radio Comedy Award, this hugely entertaining series is written by Dave Cohen, David Quantick and Richie Webb, and stars Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Alex Tregear, Jess Robinson and Pippa Evans. 
 
Production credits 
Starring Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Alex Tregear, Jess Robinson and Pippa Evans 
Written by Richie Webb, Dave Cohen and David Quantick 
Produced by Katie Tyrrell and Richard Morris 
Production co-ordinator: Nick Coupe 
Music composed, performed and arranged by Richie Webb 
Music production: Matt Katz 
A BBC Studios Production 
 
A Right Royal Cockney Christmas 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25 December 2012 
 
Brian Elliott 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26 December 2012 
 
The Ozfather 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 27 December 2012 
 
The Reducers 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 December 2012 
 
Licence to Kil...marnock 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 31 December 2012 
 
Barack of Ages 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 1 January 2013 
 
It&rsquo;s a One-Hit Wonderful Life 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 24 December 2013 
 
Julian and the Assanging Technicolour Download 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25 December 2013 
 
The Last Days of Farage 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26 December 2013 
 
Heaven Knows I'm Middle-Aged Now 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 27 December 2013 
 
Half a Sixth Form 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 30 December 2013 
 
Ra Ra It's Putin 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 31 December 2013 
 
Seven Bribes 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 December 2015 
 
Jeremy Corbyn Superstar! 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 31 December 2015 
 
Lady and the Trump 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 29 December 2016 
 
Cabarexit 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 30 December 2016 
 
The Legend of Holy Superior Mother Theresa May and the Magic Money Tree 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25 December 2017 
 
Dud Brothers 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26 December 2017 
 
Eurovision Gone Wrong Contest 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 31 December 2018 
 
The Sixth in Line to be King and I 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 1 January 2019 
 
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