Ed Reardon's Week
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2005 - 2025
- 100 episodes (16 series)
Radio sitcom following curmudgeonly 50-something writer Ed Reardon, and his flawed attempts to escape poverty via literary success. Stars Christopher Douglas, Lisa Coleman, Philip Jackson, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Stephanie Cole and more.
- Returns on Monday 30th June on Radio 4 at 2:15pm with Series 16, Episode 1
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Series 3, Episode 1 - The Name-Check
Ed is writing The South Tring Bubble, a radio play about trains for Hemel Sound Radio. The writer stumbles upon the idea of product placement, and is soon making extra cash by putting the names of plumbers, kebab shops and other local establishments into the script.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 15th December 2006
- Time
- 11:30am
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Christopher Douglas | Ed Reardon |
| Philip Jackson | Jaz Milvane |
| Stephanie Cole | Olive |
| Geoffrey Whitehead | Stan |
| Rita May | Pearl |
| John Fortune | Felix |
| Sally Hawkins | Ping |
| Geoffrey McGivern | Ensemble Actor |
| Simon Greenall | Ensemble Actor |
| Sean Lock | Harvey (Plumber) |
| Alan Ford | Actor |
| Paul Richard Biggin | Ensemble Actor |
| Matthew Holness | Ensemble Actor |
| David Cann | Ensemble Actor |
| Eve Dallas | Ensemble Actor |
| Christopher Douglas | Writer |
| Andrew Nickolds | Writer |
| Simon Nicholls | Producer |