Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC
Ed Reardon's Week

Ed Reardon's Week

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2005 - 2023
  • 94 episodes (15 series)

Radio sitcom following curmudgeonly 50-something writer Ed Reardon, and his flawed attempts to escape poverty via literary success. Stars Christopher Douglas, Philip Jackson, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Stephanie Cole, Geoffrey Whitehead and more.

  • Due to return for Series 16

Episode menu

Series 9, Episode 5 - Intellectual Fireworks

Ed takes up a professorship at a prestigious writing retreat.

Further details

Ed appears to have stepped on the gravy train at last as he takes up a professorship at Much Wenlock Court - a prestigious writing retreat. He hopes this will lead him to, at the very least, a contentious Saturday Essay on the Today Programme.

However, this retreat has been set up by one Jaz Milvain so could Ed's change in fortune be too good to be true?

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 9th December 2013
Time
11:30am
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 23rd April 2015 6:30pm Radio 4
Thursday 30th April 2015 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 30th April 2015 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Sunday 26th February 2017 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Sunday 26th February 2017 5:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Sunday 26th February 2017 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Monday 27th February 2017 5:30am Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 27th November 2018 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 14th March 2023 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 14th March 2023 12:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 14th March 2023 5:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 15th March 2023 2:30am Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Christopher Douglas Ed Reardon
Philip Jackson Jaz Milvane
Barunka O'Shaughnessy Ping
Stephanie Cole Olive
Geoffrey Whitehead Stan
Alison Steadman Pearl
Guest cast
Corrie Corfield Newsreader
Nicola Sanderson Waitress
Jonathan Coy Ned
Felicity Montagu Rosemary
Carolyn Pickles Maureen
Nicola Sanderson Suki
Barunka O'Shaughnessy Lisa
Writing team
Christopher Douglas Writer
Andrew Nickolds Writer
Production team
Dawn Ellis Producer

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