The Ferryman's Apprentice
A darkly comic drama by Beatrice Colin about who you might meet on the journey to Hell
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2017
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Starring
- Gary Lewis, Chris O'Reilly, Rosalind Sydney and Tom Smith
- Writer
- Beatrice Colin
- Director
- Gaynor Macfarlane
Charon is the Ferryman on the river Acheron. His job is to ferry sinners across the river of woe and decide into which circle of Hell they should go.
Thomas is determined not to turn into his dad. And that includes the day job.
- Production company
- Also known as
- Afternoon Drama: The Ferryman's Apprentice (Other official name)
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 1st December 2017 on BBC Radio 4 at 2:15pm
- Episode length
- 45 minutes
- Last repeat
- Tuesday 12th November 2019 at 2:15pm