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Series 2, Episode 2 - Just Do It

The team discover their Protein Team campaign has gone viral. And not in a good way.

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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

Cast
Nigel Havers Hardacre
Josie Lawrence Amanda
Mathew Baynton Joe
Olivia Nixon Laura
Kieran Hodgson Teddy
Guest cast
Richard Goulding Jordan
Writing team
Edward Rowett Writer
Rob Grant Script Editor
Production team
Alan Nixon Director
Gordon Kennedy Producer

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