Hut 33. Image shows from L to R: Charles (Robert Bathurst), Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall (Alex Macqueen), Archie (Tom Goodman-Hill). Copyright: BBC
Hut 33

Hut 33

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2007 - 2009
  • 18 episodes (3 series)

Radio sitcom set in Bletchley Park in 1941, about code-breakers who are forced to share a draughty wooden hut. Stars Robert Bathurst, Tom Goodman-Hill, Fergus Craig, Alex Macqueen, Olivia Colman and Lill Roughley

Episode menu

Series 3, Episode 4 - Spitfire Poker

The codebreakers of Bletchley Park are in the doghouse again, so to make amends they help raise money for the town's Spitfire fund.

Further details

The codebreakers of Bletchley Park decide to raise money for the town's Spitfire fund to try and get them out of the doghouse. Unfortunately Charles promptly loses the money in a card game, trying to impress an old school chum, so the hut must try to win it back somehow. Archie can't believe Charles is so desperate to curry favour with a former prefect and Minka has trouble understanding the rules of gentlemen's clubs.

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 4th November 2009
Time
11:30am
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Tuesday 19th June 2012 10:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 23rd April 2014 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 9th September 2015 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 16th March 2017 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 28th March 2019 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Monday 5th October 2020 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 25th June 2022 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Robert Bathurst Charles
Tom Goodman-Hill Archie
Fergus Craig Gordon
Alex Macqueen Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall
Olivia Colman Minka
Lill Roughley Mrs Best
Guest cast
Alex Lowe Byron (Old School Chum)
Philip Fox Butler
Writing team
James Cary Writer
Production team
Adam Bromley Producer

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