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Ed Reardon's Week: Series 5-8

By: Christopher Douglas, Andrew Nickolds
Narrated by: Christopher Douglas, Stephanie Cole, John Fortune, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, full cast, Philip Jackson, Geoffrey Whitehead
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Summary

Series 5-8 of the curmudgeonly comedy starring Christopher Douglas.

Freeloading freelancer Ed Reardon is back, and still trying to survive in a world where the media seems to be run by idiots and lying charlatans. Success continues to elude him, but at least he can eke out a living teaching creative writing, condensing modern classics and doing a spot of celebrity ghostwriting.

These four series find him shouldering his share of grandfatherly responsibilities; taking up residence in Berkhamsted's premier accommodation for the financially distressed; rekindling a romance with an old flame; and curating a moving tribute for Jaz Milvane's 'surprise' 60th birthday bash. Meanwhile, Ed's cat, Elgar, finds fame with an internet blog. Could he become a more successful writer than Ed? (Quite probably...)

And in a special seasonal edition, Ed is hoping to spend Christmas Day in the bosom of his family—but will he end up alone with Elgar, an Oxo cube and a cinnamon stick?

Scripted by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds, this furiously funny sitcom stars Christopher Douglas as Ed, with supporting roles from Stephanie Cole as Olive, John Fortune as Felix, Barunka O'Shaughnessy as Ping, Philip Jackson as Jaz and Geoffrey Whitehead as Stan.

Cast and credits:

Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas

Produced by Dawn Ellis

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 6 October-10 November 2008 (Series 5), 11 January-15 February 2010 (Series 6), 10 January-14 February 2011 (Series 7), 3 April-8 May 2012 (Series 8), 25 December 2012 (Ed Reardon at Christmas)

Cast:

Ed Reardon - Christopher Douglas

Olive - Stephanie Cole

Felix - John Fortune

Cliff - Ronnie Golden/Simon Greenall/Geoff McGivern

Ping - Barunka O'Shaughnessy

Jaz Milvane - Philip Jackson

Pearl - Rita May

Stan - Geoffrey Whitehead

Ray - Simon Greenall

Jake - Sam Pamphilon

Eli - Lisa Coleman

Fiona - Jenny Agutter

With Sally Grace, Lewis MacLeod, Nicola Sanderson, Martin Hyder, Richard Smith, Tom Price, Rachel Atkins, Rebecca Front, Nicholas Boulton, Dan Tetsell, Kim Wall, Tony Gardner, Rhys Rusbatch, Katy Wix, Emma Fryer, Henry Devas, Matilda Ziegler, Paul Merton, Geoffrey Palmer, Darren Boyd, Paul Sharma, Corrie Corfield.

©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Critic reviews

"Comic genius." (Radio Times)

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Sheer asininity


Oh, I get it, whilst us faithful fans have gone without – nay, practically starved ourselves - in order to save enough pennies to eagerly download each series come release day, like some some latterday Dickensian urchins, these wretched freeloading 5 year old Johnny-come-latelys who were probably too busy updating their tick tock profiles with images of avocado and quinoa smoothies to actually LISTEN to Ed are nonetheless rewarded with an ENTIRE BUNDLE of series for the price of ONE credit! That’s it- I’m cancelling my audible subscription. Come on Elgar, daddy can afford to buy you a whole tin of sardines now – as long as you promise to let me have just one – Elgar, really, I would have thought just one sardine was not too much to ask! Does NOBODY appreciate loyalty anymore? Hrrrmmmph!

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This is pure gold. Irascible fun. Perfectly written and very well performed. Highly amusing. Download immediately!

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No asininity here !!

I love all of these, listen to all the Ed Reardon series end to end, such an excellent series, so well written with brilliant characters.

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