Holding Back The Tide
- Radio comedy drama
- BBC Radio 4
- 2016 - 2021
- 12 episodes (3 series)
Comedy about a man who heads up an unlikely group trying to defend its home town against the worst ills of modernity. Stars Ronald Pickup, Philip Jackson, Paul Ritter, Kate Duchene and Michelle Asante
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2016 - 2021
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 12 (3 series)
- Stars
- Ronald Pickup, Philip Jackson, Paul Ritter, Kate Duchene and Michelle Asante
- Writer
- Nick Warburton
- Director
- Sally Avens
- Producer
- Sally Avens
- Company
When Southerners Richard and Clare inherit a house in Yorkshire they also inherit a sitting tenant, John Hector, who sees the house and the town as his own personal fiefdom.
Nick Warburton who wrote On Mardle Fen introduces us to another maverick character in John Hector. This comic drama is for anyone who's spent too long speaking to a computerised voice on a phone line, or railed against the loss of a green field to ugly housing or found themselves a number rather than a name and wishes somehow they had the wherewithal to keep things as they were.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 11th August 2017 at 2:15pm on BBC Radio 4
- Most recent repeats
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- Thursday 28th March 2024 at 2:15pm on Radio 4 - Series 3, Episode 3
- Wednesday 27th March 2024 at 2:15pm on Radio 4 - Series 3, Episode 2
- Tuesday 26th March 2024 at 2:15pm on Radio 4 - Series 3, Episode 1