Beautiful Dreamers
Beautiful Dreamers

Beautiful Dreamers

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2010
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Beautiful Dreamers recounts six gloriously improbable events that never actually happened. Stars Nat Segnit, Toby Jones, Charlie Higson, Eleanor Bron, Simon McBurney and Kevin Eldon

Episode menu

Series 1, Episode 4 - Crazy Bird: The Horace Wiggerley Story

Nat investigates the story behind Laurel Miller's iconic photograph 'Crazy Bird', the image that captures the moment when ex-con Horace Wiggerley drove across the opening arms of the 23rd Street bridge in New York City.

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 16th November 2010
Time
11pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Sunday 8th June 2014 10:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 30th December 2015 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 25th December 2018 11:00pm Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Nat Segnit Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Peter Marinker Ensemble Actor
Sean Baker Ensemble Actor
Ewan Bailey Ensemble Actor
Lucian Msamati Ensemble Actor
Alibe Parsons Ensemble Actor
Sally Orrock Ensemble Actor
Lloyd Thomas Ensemble Actor
Writing team
Nat Segnit Writer
James Lever Writer
Production team
Steven Canny Producer
Sasha Yevtushenko Producer

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