Downing Street
The Downing Street Doppelganger
- Radio comedy drama
- BBC Radio 4
- 2022
- 1 episode
Historical comedy about preventing the public from knowing the Prime Minister is ill. Stars John Thomson, Jonathan Keeble, Malcolm Raeburn, Emily Pithon, Verity-May Henry and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2022
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Stars
- John Thomson, Jonathan Keeble, Malcolm Raeburn, Emily Pithon, Verity-May Henry, James Quinn and Hamilton Berstock
- Writer
- Jim Poyser
- Producer
- Gary Brown
It is 1922. The Prime Minister Henry Bonar-Baldwin is gravely ill with a deadly virus. The inner circle around him don't want the news to get out as it may precipitate a crisis. How can they give the impression that all is well and keep those pesky socialists at bay? Well someone has heard there is a music hall comedian who does an uncanny impersonation of Bonar-Baldwin...
Catch-up
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Saturday 8th October 2022 at 3pm on BBC Radio 4
- Episode length
- 1 hour