Reluctant Persuaders
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2015 - 2021
- 20 episodes (4 series)
Radio 4 sitcom set in London's worst advertising agency. Stars Nigel Havers, Josie Lawrence, Mathew Baynton, Rasmus Hardiker, Olivia Nixon and Kieran Hodgson
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 2 - Just Do It
Further details
This week, the team are unexpectedly in demand. The marketing manager of nutrition company Protein Team enlists their services for a huge poster campaign, aimed at selling protein shakes to women.
Yet no sooner is their ad up - featuring a slender woman, and an even more slender bikini - than Hardacre's find themselves at the centre of a media storm over misogyny, body-shaming, and the evils of advertising.
Wracked with guilt and determined to make amends, Joe clashes with his older and more cynical creative director Rupert Hardacre and accounts manager Amanda, who are convinced that sex sells and all publicity is good publicity. But in an age of Twitter storms and third-wave feminism, are they behind the times?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 13th April 2017
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Thursday 20th April 2017 | 7:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Thursday 20th April 2017 | 5:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Thursday 20th April 2017 | 10:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Friday 21st April 2017 | 5:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Friday 5th April 2019 | 11:30am | Radio 4 |
Friday 24th January 2020 | 7:00am | Radio 4 Extra |
Friday 24th January 2020 | 5:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Saturday 25th January 2020 | 5:00am | Radio 4 Extra |
Monday 1st November 2021 | 7:00am | Radio 4 Extra |
Monday 1st November 2021 | 5:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Tuesday 2nd November 2021 | 5:00am | Radio 4 Extra |
Sunday 7th November 2021 | 9:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Cast & crew
Nigel Havers | Hardacre |
Josie Lawrence | Amanda |
Mathew Baynton | Joe |
Olivia Nixon | Laura |
Kieran Hodgson | Teddy |
Richard Goulding | Jordan |
Edward Rowett | Writer |
Rob Grant | Script Editor |
Alan Nixon | Director |
Gordon Kennedy | Producer |