The King's Men. Image shows from L to R: Smyth (Robert Webb), Ridley (Terry Mynott). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
The King's Men

The King's Men

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 2
  • 2016
  • 1 pilot

Radio 2 sitcom pilot written by Arthur Mathews and Terry Mynott about two policemen who join the secret service. Stars Robert Webb, Terry Mynott, Alex Macqueen, Nick Mohammed, Ellie White and more.

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2016
Channel
BBC Radio 2
Episodes
1 Pilot
Stars
Robert Webb, Terry Mynott, Alex Macqueen, Nick Mohammed, Ellie White, Katy Wix and Ophelia Lovibond
Writers
Terry Mynott and Arthur Mathews
Producers
Tom Jordan and Paul Schlesinger
Company

After discovering what they believed to be a German plot to invade The Isle of Sheppey (their main piece of evidence ultimately turned out to be a child's treasure map), policemen Ernest Ridley and Arthur Smyth are asked to join the new Secret Service in London: an organisation dedicated to uncovering foreign spies and plots in the uncertain and paranoid years before the Great War.

Set in 1909, the two men have been friends since childhood and served together in the British Army in India. Although they bicker a lot of the time like an old married couple, they are inseparable they live together in the same boarding house, and share the same love of King and Country. If only they were a little better at their jobs...

This comedy was due to be broadcast on Radio 4 on the 17th November 2015, but the broadcast was pulled at the last minute due to the Paris terror attacks. It was eventually broadcast in February 2016.

Additional details

Part of

Radio 2's Comedy Showcase

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Wednesday 3rd February 2016 at 10pm on BBC Radio 2
Episode length
30 minutes

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