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

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.

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Series 3, Episode 2 - Dad

Ping gets Ed to write a novel to cash in on the 'violent childhood memoirs' market... but Ed stuggles to fabricate his past. Matters are made worse when his dad comes to stay.

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 22nd December 2006
Time
11:30am
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Christopher Douglas Ed Reardon
Philip Jackson Jaz Milvane
Stephanie Cole Olive
Geoffrey Whitehead Stan
Rita May Pearl
Sally Hawkins Ping
Simon Greenall Ensemble Actor
Alice Lowe Ensemble Actor
Guest cast
David Warner Sidney
James Rawlings Actor
David Cann Ensemble Actor
Eve Dallas Ensemble Actor
Writing team
Christopher Douglas Writer
Andrew Nickolds Writer
Production team
Simon Nicholls Producer

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