On Mardle Fen
Radio 4 comedy drama by Nick Warburton set in an idiosyncratic restaurant in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Stars Trevor Peacock
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2008 - 2013
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 22 (6 series)
- Starring
- Trevor Peacock, Sam Dale, Kate Buffery, John Rowe, Helen Longworth, Chris Pavlo and Liza Sadovy
- Writer
- Nick Warburton
- Director
- Claire Grove
- Producer
- Claire Grove
An inspirational chef, Warwick Hedges - aka Mr Toad meets King Lear - runs an up market restaurant in the Cambridgeshire Fens.
His son Jack works alongside his father, which makes him permanently anxious. They are assisted by Samuel an earthy odd-job man "who crawled out of the slime with the eels" and Zofia, a Polish waitress, who - in later series - becomes a single parent with a baby called Dillie.
The mixture of food, family relationships and Fenland legend is handled with writer Nick Warburton's characteristic deft comic touch.
- Production company
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 4th April 2008 on BBC Radio 4 at 2:15pm
- Last new broadcast
- Thursday 29th August 2013 on BBC Radio 4 at 2:15pm
- Length of episodes
- 45 minutes
- Last repeat
- Saturday 25th May 2013 at 4:15am on Radio 4 Extra
Website links
- On Mardle Fen, Series 6 - Photo Gallery
Behind the scenes photos from the recording of the final series of On Mardle Fen.