The Big Town All Stars
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4 / BBC Radio 2
- 1998 - 2001
- 9 episodes (2 series)
Sitcom about a struggling a cappella band, starring Stephen Tompkinson. Also features Nicola Walker, Adrian Scarborough, Brian Bovell and Clive Rowe.
Big Town, All Stars
A hilarious BBC radio sitcom of big dreams, small towns, and rock 'n' roll!
When Kenny (Stephen Tompkinson) gives up his life in the geography classroom to join a struggling a capella group with a beautician, a dentist and a boxer, he doesn't realise he'll soon be in the best band on the wedding circuit--and fronting the potential future of rock 'n' roll...
Between trying to manage the band's failing love lives and their battling ambitions, Kenny finds that chaos greets them wherever they go. Arguments about who gets to sing the lead? Check. Rowing about recording contracts? Check. Selling out for a TV talent show? Check.
Even if their only gigs are the engagement parties of their exes and a 'cruise ship' that's really a reconditioned destroyer, it doesn't mean they can't all dream of the big time: wealthy widows, international rock star glamour, private jets. It's just a pity that it looks more like old school reunions and the same old small time rows...
A rib-tickling mixture of music and comedy from the writers of Peep Show, Dead Ringers, and The Now Show, and starring Stephen Tompkinson, Nicola Walker, Adrian Scarborough and Clive Rowe. Also featuring Meera Syal, Henrietta Garden, Dan Strauss, Darren Boyd and Matthew Little.
First released: Thursday 11th August 2022
- Distributor: BBC Digital Audio
- Minutes: 251
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