A BBC Radio full-cast comedy drama

Bad Salsa: The Complete Series 1-3

Comedy by Kay Stonham that follows three women as they embrace the world of salsa while adjusting to life after cancer.

All ten episodes of the BBC radio comedy about three women who embrace the world of salsa while adjusting to life after cancer 
 
After their treatment for ovarian and breast cancer, Chippy is mad, Jill is sad and Terri is definitely dangerous to know! Seeking to regain their zest for life and love, they throw themselves into dance classes at Bad Salsa, the club where everyone knows your name but no-one knows your prognosis. 
 
As they try to deal with the many obstacles on the road back to normality - or at least, a 'new normal' - the three friends must get to grips with their own particular aftershocks, and face their own fears. Their brush with mortality has given them all a fresh perspective, and changed their outlook, desires and expectations. So when it comes to the challenges of everyday life - boring marriages, troublesome children, difficult workmates and infuriating parents - will they try and preserve the pre-cancer status quo, or, in Terri's words, say 'sod it all' and 'go for it'? 
 
Created by comedy writer/performer Kay Stonham, this groundbreaking comedy about salsa, survival and staying strongstars Natasha Little as Jill, Camille Coduri as Terri and Sharon Rooney and Jessie Cave as Chippy. 
 
 
Production credits 
Written by Kay Stonham 
Produced by Alison Vernon-Smith (Series 1 and 2) and Katie Tyrell (Series 3) 
A BBC Studios production 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7-28 July 2014 (Series 1), 13 January-3 February 2016 (Series 2), 23-30 August 2017 (Series 3) 
 
Cast 
Terri - Camille Coduri 
Chippy - Sharon Rooney/Jessie Cave 
Jill - Natasha Little 
Marco - Doc Brown/Derek Elroy 
Gordon - Andrew Obeney 
Colin - David Cann/Chris Pavlo/Martin Trenaman 
Georgie - Emily Chase 
Tim - Matt Houlihan 
Sara - Antonia Reid 
Chippy's Mum/Corinne - Kay Stonham 
Elaine/Consultant 2 - Ayesha Antoine 
Georgie - Emily Chase 
Joel - Joe Johnsey 
Marnie/Dancer - Jessica Turner 
Consultant 1 - Chris Pavlo 
Barman - Leo Wan 
Ann - Kerry Gooderson 
Assistant - Philip Fox 
Shop assistant/Celebrant - Kerry Gooderson

Kay Stonham

Simon Greenhall

Simon Greenham

Brian Capron

Debra Stephenson

Amelia Bullmore

Phil Cornwell

Martin Trenaman

David Mitchell

Robert Webb

Sharon Horgan

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A BBC Radio Comedy

A BBC Radio comedy about two model-village obsessives and their friends and neighbours 
 
'Wonderfully nerdish... a dash of Ayckbourn tinged with Mike Leigh, only loopier' Financial Times 
 
Childless couple Robin and Wendy have developed an obsession with Mayfield - the model village they've built in their garage. However, running a model village is slightly more complicated than they expected, especially as they live next-door to Derek, a former superstar salesman who is struggling with the erratic side effects of mental health medication, and Maureen, who is always getting involved in get-rich-quick schemes... 
 
In these four series, Robin and Wendy attend a Civil War re-enactment with their randy friends Sue and Glen, rediscover camping with Derek and his teenage sons, and go on a salsa weekend in Bognor. Plus, Wendy is promoted at work - on the same day Robin is suspended - and tragedy strikes when Robin gets run over by a forklift truck. Will the model village remain at the centre of Robin and Wendy's world? Or will life, and their friends, get in the way? 
 
Also included is a special episode, 'Robin and Wendy's Wet Edinburgh Weekend', in which the couple travel to the Festival, Robin endeavours to score tickets to the Tattoo, and Wendy finds herself performing at the Fringe... 
 
Written by Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall, this gently surreal series stars Simon Greenall and Brian Capron as Robin, Kay Stonham as Wendy, Phil Cornwell and Martin Trenaman as Derek and Debra Stephenson and Amelia Bullmore as Maureen. Among the guest stars are Jan Ravens, Sharon Horgan, David Mitchell and Robert Webb. 
 
 
Written by Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall 
Produced by Mario Stylianides, Helen Williams and Claire Bartlett 
Theme tune: 'Little Boxes' by Malvina Reynolds, sung by Kay Stonham 
 
Cast 
Robin - Simon Greenall/Brian Capron 
Wendy - Kay Stonham 
Maureen - Debra Stephenson/Amelia Bullmore 
Derek - Phil Cornwell/Martin Trenaman 
With Tony Gardner, Jo Enright, Ewan Bailey, Arianwen Flores, Zoe Allen, Jan Ravens, Michael Simkins, Sean McKenna, Robert Webb, Tony Rohr, Geoffrey McGivern, Chris Pavlo, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Tom Hildenbrand, Buster Stonham, Aneal Douglas, Ruth Madoc, Don Gilet, David Bamber, Eric Richard, Marianne Levy, Tom Smith, Paul Putner, Andy Taylor, Sharon Horgan, Ninia Benjamin, Julia Morris, Flip Webster, David Mitchell, Craig Kelly, Lucy Montgomery 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 December 2001-18 January 2002 (Series 1), 20 August 2002 (Robin and Wendy's Wet Edinburgh Weekend), 16 May-20 June 2003 (Series 2), 25 June-16 July 2004 (Series 3), 22 July-12 August 2005 (Series 4) 
 
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