Ten Full-Cast BBC Radio Dark Comedies

Trapped

Ten full-cast dramas featuring some of the best known names in British comedy.In these ten witty, dark and disturbing episodes some of Britain’s best comedians come together to perform simultaneously hilarious and unsettling stories that will have you gripped. Sticky situations on ski slopes, placating an unruly ghost, a boy stuck at the bottom of well and an unusual adventure weekend with romantic overtones - are just some of the scenarios from comedy writers Mark Maier and Daniel Maier (a long term collaborator of Charlie Brooker and Harry Hill). 
 
Ten episodes. Ten comedy legends. Ten reasons to listen now.All Downhill From Here A group of friends are landed in a situation they’re desperate to get out of - on the slopes of a ski resort. Starring Olivia Colman.Stand-Up Tragedy Backstage at a comedy club, four comedians are about to discover that life on the circuit isn’t always a laugh a minute. In fact we could be heading for a Stand Up Tragedy... Starring Philip Jackson.Sow CottageThe new residents of the village of Little Latchmere are having a bit of trouble fitting in. Before a couple can live in their new home, a spirit needs placating… Starring Robert Webb.The Art ClassAn art tutor with commitment issues falls into the clutches of a determined Russian model. Starring Tracy-Ann Oberman.A Boy in a Well Pennine News Network needs a big story to go national and keep them all employed. So when a 9-year-old boy falls down a well, will he be trapped long enough for the team to keep their jobs? Starring Catherine Tate.Clem Walder’s Way OutWith three wives, Clem can’t keep up his treble life any longer. How can he escape them all? Starring Alex Lowe and Laura Shavin.Throw the Book Having got themselves locked in a bookshop overnight, Eddie and Mouse have plenty of time to work out what went horribly wrong with the robbery they have just failed to pull. And, with the help of a highly inquisitive and unpredictable security guard, they discover rather more about each other in the process. Starring Philip Jackson.Hole Lot of LoveDebs, a 40-year-old north London nanny, is stuck in a rut. On her quest to find love, she agrees to go on an activity weekend in the Lake District. There, amongst an intriguing mix of like and not so like-minded singletons, Debs finds what she least expected. One hundred and sixty feet below ground. Starring Rebecca Front.Smarting Up Jenny Green, frustrated intellectual, is going nowhere in a staff writing job on unfathomably successful TV soap Jesmond Road, until the day when she has the chance to take out her chagrin on the soap’s script - and in the process unwittingly starts a cultural revolution. Starring Mathew Horne and Jenny Éclair.Break Out Locked in a high-security prison with no idea why, Marty, Willis, Frank and Jack have to escape or suffer unspeakable consequences. But breaking out would be a whole lot easier if Marty wasn't so old, Willis wasn't quite so fat, and Jack wasn't so much of a troublemaker. Starring Alan Davies.If you’re a fan of Inside Number 9 and Black Mirror, Trapped will have you hooked - British comedy doesn’t come much better than this. Listen now to the full two series available together for the first time as a download.©2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2024 BBC Studios Distribution LtdSeries 1 Written by Mark Maier and Daniel MaierProduced by Alex Walsh-TaylorFirst Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 4 September 2003Series 2 Written by Mark Maier and Daniel MaierProduced by Claire BartlettFirst Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 20 December 2005

Mark Maier

Rainer Hersch

Catherine Tate

A BBC Radio 4 Sitcom

All six episodes of the fashionable comedy set in a top London hair salon, starring Rainer Hersch, Mark Maier and Catherine Tate 
 
Quando, Quando, Quando is Clapham’s premier hairdressing establishment, where brothers Rene, Carlo and Charlie Quando cleverly clip, chop and crimp their lucky clients into shape. With three floors, 200 pairs of scissors and more mirrors than the Palace of Versailles, it’s truly a cut above – but all is not well at this emporium of excellence... 
 
When the President of Uruguay arrives for his annual trim, the stylists struggle to avoid mentioning his enormous head – and when the salon is swamped by kids with nits, the result is itchy pandemonium. The Quandos also run into trouble with the racketeering Fish brothers; have their secret formula stolen by spies; face matrimonial mayhem with their two-cuts-for-one wedding deal and are forced to take extreme measures when the Christmas rush gets out of control... 
 
Written and performed by Rainer Hersch and Mark Maier, this hair-larious sitcom also stars Catherine Tate and Stephen Greif, with a special guest appearance from Nicholas Parsons. 
 
Cast and credits 
Written and performed by Rainer Hersch and Mark Maier 
With Stephen Greif, Catherine Tate and Nicholas Parsons 
Produced by Claire Jones 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 13 November-18 December 1999 
 
© 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

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