Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC
Ed Reardon's Week
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2005 - 2021
- 88 episodes (14 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.
Episode menu
Series 9, Episode 4 - Blood of the Reardons
To escape his daughter's gluten-free falafel salad, Ed enrols on a clinical trial.
Further details
Ed discovers that he has diabetes and his daughter, Eli, turns up to be his calorie counter- in-chief. To escape Eli's gluten free falafel salad, Ed enrols on a clinical trial, and that's when his son, Jake turns up in the hope of a fly-on-the-wall documentary, although as Ping points out, it will only be marketable if Ed dies!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 2nd December 2013
- Time
- 11:30am
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
| Date | Time | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 16th April 2015 | 6:30pm | Radio 4 |
| Thursday 23rd April 2015 | 7:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
| Thursday 23rd April 2015 | 10:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Sunday 19th February 2017 | 7:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
| Sunday 19th February 2017 | 5:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Sunday 19th February 2017 | 10:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Monday 20th February 2017 | 5:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
| Tuesday 20th November 2018 | 11:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Cast & crew
| Christopher Douglas | Ed Reardon |
| Barunka O'Shaughnessy | Ping |
| Stephanie Cole | Olive |
| Geoffrey Whitehead | Stan |
| Alison Steadman | Pearl |
| Lisa Coleman | Eli |
| Sam Pamphilon | Jake |
| Claudie Blakley | Dr Liz Newcombe |
| Christopher Douglas | Writer |
| Andrew Nickolds | Writer |
| Dawn Ellis | Producer |