Elephants To Catch Eels

Elephants To Catch Eels

Radio comedy drama
BBC Radio 4
2003 - 2004
12 episodes (2 series)

Historical comedy set in 1790s Cornwall concerning the adventures of heroic smuggler Tamsyn Trelawney and her drunken father Jago. Stars Lucy Speed, John Bowe, Andrew McGibbon, Cameron Stewart, Martin Hyder and Mark Felgate

Series 1, Episode 3 repeated Wednesday at 2:30pm on Radio 4 Extra

Series 1, Episode 5

Tamsyn, fed up of doing all the smuggling and getting none of the credit, decides to quit. Then a new smuggler arrives in town.

Broadcast details

Date: Wednesday 12^th March 2003
Time: 6:30pm
Channel: BBC Radio 4
Length: 30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date	Time	Channel
Tuesday 21st September 2010	11:30pm	Radio 7
Tuesday 20th September 2011	11:30pm	Radio 4 Extra
Friday 18th January 2013	7:00am	Radio 4 Extra
Friday 18th January 2013	5:30pm	Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 19th January 2013	5:30am	Radio 4 Extra
Monday 4th August 2014	7:00am	Radio 4 Extra
Monday 4th August 2014	5:30pm	Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 5th August 2014	5:30am	Radio 4 Extra
Monday 30th May 2016	7:00am	Radio 4 Extra
Monday 30th May 2016	5:00pm	Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 31st May 2016	5:00am	Radio 4 Extra
Friday 28th September 2018	9:30am	Radio 4 Extra
Friday 28th September 2018	4:30pm	Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 29th September 2018	4:30am	Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 1st February 2022	9:30am	Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 1st February 2022	4:30pm	Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 2nd February 2022	4:30am	Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Lucy Speed	Tamsyn Trelawney
John Bowe	Jago Trelawney
Andrew McGibbon	Captain Marriot
Cameron Stewart	Major Thomas Falconer
Martin Hyder	Squire Bascombe
Mark Felgate	Dewey

Guest cast
Mark Perry	Hobbs
Martin Hyder	Mad Gilbert
Imelda Staunton	Courageous Kate

Writing team
Tom Jamieson	Writer
Nev Fountain	Writer

Production team
Jan Ravens	Producer
John Whitehall	Composer