
Ed Reardon's Week: The Complete Second Series
BBC Physical Audio (Publisher)
Published on 13. November 2008
Audio
CD-Audio
978-1-4084-0120-0 (ISBN)
Description
Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas) - author, pipe smoker, fare-dodger and master of the abusive email - returns for another series. In these six episodes, Ed performs at the Berkhamsted Festival of Literature (in a jazz band), writes the links for TV's Japanese Night (with his own episode of Tenko as the centrepiece), and finds himself in hospital with his beloved laptop. Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds, Ed Reardon's Week includes supporting roles from Stephanie Cole as Olive, John Fortune as Felix and Barunka O'Shaughnessy as Ping. Ed Reardon's Week was voted Best Radio Programme by the Broadcasting Press Guild. 3 CDs. 2 hrs 48 mins.
Reviews / Votes
"Ed Reardon, Radio 4's new comic hero, a writer driven by dreams, cheap plonk and rivalry rage... returns this month, and is peerless" -- Gillian Reynolds The TelegraphMore details
Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
Audio CD
Dimensions
Height: 140 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Duration
Dauer: 168 min
Weight
175 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4084-0120-0 (9781408401200)
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Persons
Christopher Douglas is the author of Jardine, the biography of England test cricketer Andrew Jardine. With Andrew Nickolds, he is the co-creator of Ed Reardon, and stars in Ed Reardon's Week. He also teamed up with Nigel Planer to create the character of 'Nicholas Craig', a classical actor who starred in the BBC Four series How to be Old with Nicholas Craig and whose autobiography I, An Actor, was published by Methuen in 2001. Andrew Nickolds' radio credits include Loose Ends, Dave Podmore's Cricket Night and (with Christopher Douglas) ten series of Ed Reardon's Week. He is the author of numerous books, including Arthur Daley's Back to Basics, The Word of Pod and Cabinet Pudding. He writes a column as Ed Reardon for The Oldie, and one as Dave Podmore for the website Cricinfo.