Hut 33. Image shows from L to R: Charles (Robert Bathurst), Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall (Alex Macqueen), Archie (Tom Goodman-Hill). Copyright: BBC
Hut 33

Hut 33

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2007 - 2009
  • 18 episodes (3 series)

Radio sitcom set in Bletchley Park in 1941, about code-breakers who are forced to share a draughty wooden hut. Stars Robert Bathurst, Tom Goodman-Hill, Fergus Craig, Alex Macqueen, Olivia Colman and Lill Roughley

Episode menu

Series 2, Episode 2 - Pigs n Spivs

Rations are running dangerously low at Bletchley Park. However the starving codebreakers soon meet a spiv who sells them a job-lot of bacon. The only problem is that that the bacon is in the form of a live pig.

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 28th May 2008
Time
11:30am
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 21st May 2009 6:30pm Radio 4
Sunday 14th November 2010 10:30pm Radio 7
Thursday 5th April 2012 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Sunday 8th September 2013 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 9th April 2015 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 7th December 2016 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 22nd November 2018 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Monday 22nd June 2020 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 26th February 2022 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 6th April 2024 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Robert Bathurst Charles
Tom Goodman-Hill Archie
Fergus Craig Gordon
Alex Macqueen Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall
Olivia Colman Minka
Lill Roughley Mrs Best
Guest cast
Stephen Critchlow Spiv
Writing team
James Cary Writer
Production team
Adam Bromley Producer

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