All The Young Dudes. Patrick (Jim Sweeney)
All The Young Dudes

All The Young Dudes

  • Radio comedy drama / sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2001 - 2002
  • 12 episodes (2 series)

A radio sitcom based on the characters from Jim Sweeney's award winning play Danny's Wake. Also features Steve Steen, Stephen Frost, Cathryn Harrison, Sadie Shimmin, Flaminia Cinque and Izzy de Rosario

Episode menu

Series 2, Episode 1 - Still Crazy

The gang start to wonder when they became old!

Further details

Helen is going away for work and berates Patrick for being forgetful and lazy. Moira asks Billy to go to the hospital with her because her dad is seriously ill, something he agreed to after too much drink and before her turning him down! When Patrick tells Charlie off for playing her music too loud, it hits him that he's growing old!
Joe manages to patronise Patrick when he tells him it's never too late to be close to your daughter, to which Patrick assures him he has been a father for 17 years! Billy reassures him that asking Charlie to turn that noise down is just a sign of growing up, but Patrick is concerned that he's losing touch with music, so they decide to go to a gig.
When Helen arrives home early, she shares a fish finger sandwich with Charlie and they wonder where Patrick has gone. Helen feels a similar twinge of old age when Charlie thinks she's much more sensible than Patrick and would never have been wild. After a few tequilas and the gig, Helen and Patrick go home and put Ziggy Stardust on for a loud, drunken singalong. The roles are quite reversed when Charlie tells them it's late and she's got to get up early in the morning!

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 20th September 2002
Time
11:30am
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 31st December 2012 9:30am Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 2nd January 2013 2:30am Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 28th May 2014 9:00am Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 28th May 2014 6:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 29th May 2014 1:00am Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 23rd June 2016 7:00am Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 23rd June 2016 5:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Friday 24th June 2016 5:00am Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 25th June 2016 12:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 9th February 2022 9:30am Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 9th February 2022 4:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 10th February 2022 4:30am Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 12th February 2022 8:30am Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Jim Sweeney Patrick
Steve Steen Billy
Stephen Frost (as Steve Frost) Joe
Cathryn Harrison Helen
Sadie Shimmin Moira
Flaminia Cinque Maria
Izzy de Rosario Charlie
Guest cast
Michael Fenton Stevens Various Roles
Writing team
Jim Sweeney Writer
Production team
Steve Doherty Producer

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