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Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2002 - 2019
- 31 episodes (5 series)
Radio sitcom starring Marcus Brigstocke as Giles Wemmbley Hogg, a upper-middle-class student ponce from Budleigh Salterton who travels the world. Also features Tom Goodman-Hill, Catherine Tate, Adrian Scarborough, Catherine Shepherd and Vincent Franklin
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Series 2, Episode 4 - Egypt
Giles' audio diary is from Egypt. He's on a mission to nominate Cairo as the ideal town to be twinned with Budleigh Salterton.
Further details
Giles travels to the land of the pharaohs, on a top-level mission to offer Cairo the once-in-a-lifetime chance to be twinned with Budleigh Salterton, East Devon's third prettiest coastal town. Along the way, Giles unleashes a deadly Pharaoh's curse, hears the tale of the legendary one they call Pe-ter U-stin-ov and tries to find the place where Cleopatra killed herself with a wasp.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 5th November 2003
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Marcus Brigstocke | Giles Wemmbley Hogg |
| Raad Rawi | Mustapha |
| Rowena Cooper | Joyce |
| TJ Ramini | Mr Hassan |
| Matilda Ziegler | Lynda |
| Eryl Maynard | Mildred |
| Souad Faress | Tourist Official |
| Marcus Brigstocke | Writer |
| Jeremy Salsby | Writer |
| Graeme Garden | Writer (Additional Material) |
| David Tyler | Director |
| David Tyler | Producer |