The Castle. Image shows from L to R: Sir William De Warenne (Neil Dudgeon), Lady Anne Woodstock (Martha Howe-Douglas), Lady Charlotte (Ingrid Oliver), Sir John Woodstock (James Fleet). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions
The Castle

The Castle

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2007 - 2012
  • 24 episodes (4 series)

Radio sitcom set in a medieval castle with some remarkably modern trappings. Stars James Fleet and Neil Dudgeon. Stars James Fleet, Neil Dudgeon, Susan Earl, Jonathan Kydd, Ingrid Oliver and more.

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2007 - 2012
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
24 (4 series)
Stars
James Fleet, Neil Dudgeon, Susan Earl, Jonathan Kydd, Ingrid Oliver, Steven Kynman, Toby Ross-Bryant, Montserrat Lombard and more
Writers
Kim Fuller, Paul Alexander, Nick Doody and Matt Kirshen
Producer
David Tyler
Company

A radio sitcom set in a medieval castle. Estate agents, mail order lingerie and the invention of central heating: this is medieval England seen from a 21st century comedy perspective.

Sir John Woodstock is the Lord of the Castle and basically in charge of keeping order in the ramshackle medieval village. Although he hates all that torturing and usually lets the peasants off with a bit of community service.

He lives in his huge but slightly falling down castle (but then it was built by the French so what can one expect) with his daughter Anne and very teenage son Henry. Anne's best friend Charlotte nearly always joins Anne on her constant quest to find fit men in the village.

Anne certainly isn't interested in Sir William De Warenne ("Knight errant, scourge of the Levant") who lives across the way. Unfortunately he can't take a hint and is besotted with Lady Anne and Sir John thinks it a good match. Ah! what is a Lady to do!

Cardinal Duncan (a man of the cloth - in particular crushed silk which he loves), has to endure De Warenne's incessant plans to woo Lady Anne and has little time to peruse sweethearts of his own. Which oddly enough, he doesn't seem to mind...

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 7th September 2007 at 11:30am on BBC Radio 4
Most recent repeats

Recording details

  • The Drill Hall

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