An Actor's Life For Me
Robert Wilson is a young actor who dreams of stardom
Another comedy also has this name.
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1989 - 1993
- Channel
- BBC Radio 2
- Episodes
- 19 (3 series)
- Starring
- John Gordon Sinclair, Caroline Quentin, Gina McKee and Gary Waldhorn
- Writer
- Paul Mayhew-Archer
- Producers
- Paul Spencer and Diane Messias
Robert Wilson (John Gordon Sinclair) is a young actor who hopes that one day he will become a big star. His girlfriend Sue (Caroline Quentin) and agent Desmond (Gary Waldhorn) are constantly having to control Robert's overambitious nature.
- Production company
- Soundtrack
- Theme tune is "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee" (An Actor's Life for Me) sung by Walter Catlett from the Disney film Pinocchio.
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 20th January 1989 on BBC Radio 2 at 10:30pm
- Last new broadcast
- Tuesday 9th February 1993 on BBC Radio 2 at 7pm
- Length of episodes
- 30 minutes
- Upcoming repeats
- Series 3 Episode 1: Wednesday at 9:30am on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 3 Episode 1: Wednesday at 2:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 3 Episode 1: Thursday 16th July at 2:30am on Radio 4 Extra