Talking To Strangers
A series of comic monologues involving talking to a stranger. Written and performed by Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan
- Genre
- Sketch Show
- Broadcast
- 2016
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 4 (1 series)
- Starring
- Sally Phillips, Lily Bevan, Emma Thompson, Olivia Colman, Jessica Hynes, Steve Evets, Sinead Matthews, Joel Fry and Mike Wozniak
- Writers
- Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan
- Producer
- Sam Bryant
Comic monologues in which a range of characters find themselves engaging in that most un-British of activities: talking to a stranger.
Each piece is a character study: funny, frank, absurd, moving...
Characters include a sex councillor who loves to draw, a spy who loves to share, a woman who likes to help too much ("I'm a serial helpist"), a frustrated falconer, and a cheater who has to call her cheatee the morning after.
Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan previously performed some of the characters in a theatre show of the same name.
- Production company
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 4th February 2016 on BBC Radio 4 at 11pm
- Last new broadcast
- Thursday 25th February 2016 on BBC Radio 4 at 11pm
- Length of episodes
- 30 minutes
- Last repeat
- Friday 18th October 2019 at 11:00pm on Radio 4 Extra