The Greengrocer's Apostrophe
A series of three short comic tales about the apostrophe
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 3 (1 series)
- Starring
- James Anthony Pearson, Tracy Wiles and Monica Gibb
- Writers
- Anneliese Mackintosh, Ronald Frame and Diana Hendry
- Producer
- Eilidh McCreadie
Inspired by a hand-written sign offering "apple's and banana's", this series of three comic tales begins with a quirky story by Anneliese Mackintosh and read by James Anthony Pearson about the apostrophe that ends a relationship.
The second episode, written by Ronald Frame and read by Tracy Wiles, is about a novel way Alice finds to occupy her time after her high-flying career stalls. Armed only with a balaclava and a pot of paint, she starts to vent her anger on sloppy punctuation.
In the final tale, Monica Gibb reads a new short story by Diana Hendry about a woman distracted by an apostrophe obsession, who fails to notice that her lover is not all he seems.
- Production company
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 28th September 2010 on BBC Radio 4 at 3:30pm
- Last new broadcast
- Thursday 30th September 2010 on BBC Radio 4 at 3:30pm
- Length of episodes
- 15 minutes
- Last repeat
- Sunday 29th April 2012 at 12:30am