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A Cinema Near You. Alex (Mathew Horne). Copyright: BBC
A Cinema Near You

A Cinema Near You

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 2
  • 2010
  • 1 pilot

Radio 2 sitcom pilot starring Mathew Horne as a fledgling cinema manager struggling to drum up excitement for a Swedish art-house film. Stars Mathew Horne, Caroline Quentin, Melanie Hudson, Phil Cornwell, Antonia Campbell-Hughes and more.

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2010
Channel
BBC Radio 2
Episodes
1 Pilot
Stars
Mathew Horne, Caroline Quentin, Melanie Hudson, Phil Cornwell, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Michael Shelford and Keely Beresford
Writer
Simon Nye
Producers
Jane Berthoud and Simon Mayhew-Archer
Company

Alex is a well-meaning but rather pretentious fledgling cinema manager, who is determined to bring highbrow films to his local town.

He is struggling to drum up excitement for a Swedish art-house film. Unfortunately, neither the public nor the staff appear the slightest bit interested in the film.

Alex is opposed by his surly projectionist, Neil, who would rather be doing anything other than sitting in a small projection room, and receives no help from his assistant Katie either, a cynical teenager more concerned with eating all the popcorn.

Alex also has to contend the amorous advances of Jane, a former arsonist who owns the cafe next door, and the drunken ramblings of the cinema's elderly owner Mrs Duke.

Alex has been roped into writing the memoirs of Mrs Duke, who is a ninety-something former actress with an appetite for whisky and an even bigger appetite for long, obscure stories about the Hollywood stars of yesteryear.

Additional details

Part of

Radio 2's Comedy Showcase

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Saturday 24th April 2010 at 10pm on BBC Radio 2
Episode length
30 minutes
All previous repeats
  • Saturday 28th August 2010 at 10:30pm on Radio 2

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