Newfangle. Image shows from L to R: Alf (Hugh Bonneville), Crag (Gabriel Vick), Newfangle (Russell Tovey). Copyright: Above The Title Productions
Newfangle
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2009
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Radio sitcom set hundreds of thousands of years ago. The comedy follows inventor Newfangle as he tries to alter his social position. Stars Russell Tovey, Maureen Lipman, Gabriel Vick, Hugh Bonneville, Pippa Evans and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 3 - Grows On Trees
Newfangle, aided by Crag, discovers that piles of mud can be shaped into shelters from the oppressive heat. These mudturtles, as Crag calls them, prove very popular with the other hominids - so popular that Newfangle devises a complicated payment system based on future harvests to cope with demand.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 15th June 2009
- Time
- 11:30am
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Russell Tovey | Newfangle |
| Maureen Lipman | Coco |
| Gabriel Vick | Crag |
| Hugh Bonneville | Alf |
| Pippa Evans | Snaggle |
| Amy Shindler | Lucy |
| Steven Kynman | Ensemble Actor |
| Rachel Atkins | Ensemble Actor |
| Adam Rosenthal | Writer |
| Viv Ambrose | Writer |
| Adam Bromley | Director |
| Adam Bromley | Producer |