Gloomsbury
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2012 - 2018
- 30 episodes (5 series)
Radio parody of the arty Bloomsbury group. Stars include Alison Steadman, Miriam Margolyes, Morwenna Banks, Jonathan Coy and John Sessions. Also features Roger Lloyd Pack and Nigel Planer.
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 2 - Desperate For A Thumbs-Up
Further details
At last, Ginny Fox has finished her rewrite of Borlando and rushes it off to her friend and confidante, Vera Sackcloth-Vest, for appraisal. Meanwhile, DH Lollipop has just completed a rewrite of Lady Hattersley's Plover and is nervously awaiting the critical verdict of Lionel Fox.
Never have two literary giants been so eager to have their geniuses confirmed, but self-doubt plagues their every waking hour.
Due to a series of unfortunate coincidences, involving Lionel's inability to remember addresses and Vera's obsession with creating a new Blue Garden at Sizzlinghust, which involves her sending off for hundreds of new plants by mail order and storing them in Gosling's shed, the manuscripts go missing.
What the writers interpret as a literary thumbs-down from their readers is nothing more than misdirected-mail. Friendships are strained to breaking point, while Ginny and Vera try to guess what the other is thinking and Mrs Gosling burns DH Lollipop's filthy manuscript when she accidentally comes across it and reads it from cover to cover.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 9th April 2014
- Time
- 11:30am
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Tuesday 17th November 2015 | 6:30pm | Radio 4 |
Tuesday 24th November 2015 | 7:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Tuesday 24th November 2015 | 5:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Tuesday 24th November 2015 | 10:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Wednesday 25th November 2015 | 5:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Sunday 30th July 2017 | 10:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Cast & crew
Miriam Margolyes | Vera Sackcloth-Vest |
Alison Steadman | Ginny Fox |
Morwenna Banks | Venus Traduces |
Jonathan Coy | Henry Mickleton |
John Sessions | DH Lollipop |
Alison Steadman | Mrs Gosling |
Roger Lloyd Pack | Gosling |
Roger Lloyd Pack | Lionel Fox |
Sue Limb | Writer |
Jamie Rix | Director |
Jamie Rix | Producer |
Clive Brill | Executive Producer |