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Rum Bunch

Rum Bunch

  • Radio sketch show
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2017
  • 4 episodes (1 series)

Radio 4 sketch show starring Justin Edwards, Mel Giedroyc and David Mounfield. Also features Dave Mounfield, Jason Hazeley and David Reed.

Episode menu

Series 1, Episode 2 - Great Hillston

Justin, Mel and Dave - along with special guest Jane Asher - create drama with a Jacobean tragedy, a cake-eating competition and some sheep.

Further details

Justin, Mel and Dave have been invited by the parishioners of the sleepy rural idyll of Great Hillston-Near-Water - birthplace of the Jacobean playwright Lydia Le Provost - to perform her most famous play, The Murderous Priest.

Justin has invited the showbiz legend and serious actress, Jane Asher, to take the leading role. It has been her lifetime ambition to perform the play's famous death scene.

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 10th May 2017
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 17th May 2017 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 17th May 2017 5:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 17th May 2017 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 18th May 2017 5:30am Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 26th August 2021 7:00am Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 26th August 2021 5:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Friday 27th August 2021 5:00am Radio 4 Extra
Friday 16th February 2024 10:30pm Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Justin Edwards Host / Presenter
Mel Giedroyc Host / Presenter
Dave Mounfield Host / Presenter
Jason Hazeley Self
David Reed Self
Guest cast
Jane Asher Guest
Writing team
Justin Edwards Writer
Toby Davies Writer
Neil Edmond Writer
Lucy Porter Writer
Joel Morris Writer
Jason Hazeley Writer
Dave Mounfield Writer
Production team
Jim North Producer
Jerry Peal Sound Designer

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