Mr Finchley
Adaptations of Victor Canning's stories about a solicitor's clerk in the early 1930s
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 1993 - 1994
- Channel
- BBC Radio 2
- Episodes
- 12 (2 series)
- Starring
- Richard Griffiths and James Villiers
- Writers
- Victor Canning, Andy Merriman and Eric Merriman
Richard Griffiths stars as Edgar Finchley, the shy solicitor's clerk.
The series follows the adventures of a man and his horse-drawn caravan touring 1930s rural Kent; and latever travelling to Paris for the first time.
- Production company
- Also known as
- Mr Finchley Takes The Road (Series 1)
- Mr Finchley Goes To Paris (Series 2)
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 13th April 1993 on BBC Radio 2 at 7pm
- Last new broadcast
- Tuesday 5th July 1994 on BBC Radio 2 at 7pm
- Length of episodes
- 30 minutes
- Last repeat
- Monday 10th May 2021 at 8:30am on Radio 4 Extra