Chequebook And Pen
- Radio comedy drama
- BBC Radio 4
- 2010
- 1 episode
Johnny Vegas stars as Les Dawson in a play which asks how the BBC might have engaged with him during the 1980s. Stars Johnny Vegas, Nicholas Parsons, Shobna Gulati, Mick Miller, Mark Chatterton and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Channels
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Stars
- Johnny Vegas, Nicholas Parsons, Shobna Gulati, Mick Miller, Mark Chatterton, Paul Foot, Catherine Kinsella and Peter Slater
- Writers
- Andrew Lynch and Johnny Vegas
- Director
- Jim Poyser
- Producer
- Sally Harrison
- Companies
Johnny Vegas pays tribute to legendary comedian Les Dawson in a fictional and comic flight of fancy co-starring Nicholas Parsons.
Les has a way with words but is rather crumpled, a little shambolic and unpredictable when he is faced with representing a national institution.
Nicholas Parsons is Farson, a resplendent foil for Dawson. Farson embraces and embodies the forces of the "traditional BBC". He is a nemesis to Les and all he stands for and aims to subvert.
This comic play imagines how the BBC might have engaged Les back in the Eighties to become a game show great in its then flagship show, Blankety Blank.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 16th December 2010 at 2:15pm on BBC Radio 4
- Episode length
- 45 minutes
- All previous repeats
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- Monday 14th January 2013 at 2:15pm on Radio 4