Shirleymander
A tragic comedy depicting the principal events of Shirley Porter's time as 'The Westminster Whirlwind' in the Eighties
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2009
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Starring
- Tracy-Ann Oberman, Maggie Steed, Bruce Alexander, Joseph Cohen-Cole, Stephen Hogan, Sagar Arya, Ewan Hooper, Philip Fox and others
- Writer
- Gregory Evans
- Producer
- Marc Beeby
Shirleymander explores the events that led to Tory MP Shirley Porter's fall from grace and, in doing so, dramatises how, in her two terms as Leader, Porter turned the Conservative flagship council into a mire of paranoia, fear and political corruption.
- Production company
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 27th November 2009 on BBC Radio 4 at 9pm
- Episode length
- 1 hour
- Last repeat
- Friday 14th October 2011 at 9:00pm