Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC
Ed Reardon's Week

Ed Reardon's Week

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2005 - 2023
  • 94 episodes (15 series)

Radio sitcom following curmudgeonly 50-something writer Ed Reardon, and his flawed attempts to escape poverty via literary success. Stars Christopher Douglas, Philip Jackson, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Stephanie Cole, Geoffrey Whitehead and more.

  • Due to return for Series 16

Episode menu

Series 11, Episode 5 - Poetry? No Thanks

Ed joins a committee to help erect a statue honouring a plucky wartime songbird.

Further details

Ed becomes involved in the work of a committee when he agrees to get involved in the erection of a statue on university grounds to honour the plucky wartime songbird 'Beryl Bassett'.

This means not only ploughing through hundreds of entries for a poetry competition to find a suitable ode to be read at the unveiling, but liaising with Beryl's son who has his eye on Antonia, a small gauge railway and a dubious family past.

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 1st November 2016
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Tuesday 8th November 2016 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 8th November 2016 5:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 8th November 2016 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 9th November 2016 5:30am Radio 4 Extra
Friday 24th August 2018 11:30am Radio 4
Sunday 20th October 2019 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Sunday 20th October 2019 5:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Sunday 20th October 2019 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Monday 21st October 2019 5:30am Radio 4 Extra
Friday 23rd February 2024 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Friday 23rd February 2024 12:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Friday 23rd February 2024 5:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 24th February 2024 3:30am Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Christopher Douglas Ed Reardon
Barunka O'Shaughnessy Ping
Stephanie Cole Olive
Geoffrey Whitehead Stan
Brigit Forsyth Pearl
Sylvestra Le Touzel Antonia
Guest cast
Divian Ladwa Max
Nicholas Farrell Bobby
Writing team
Christopher Douglas Writer
Andrew Nickolds Writer
Production team
Dawn Ellis Producer

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