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Those Hard To Reach Places

Those Hard To Reach Places

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2009
  • 1 episode

A widowed former mayor hires a "nude" cleaner in a moment of madness. Written by first-time radio writer Daniel Thurman. Stars Geoffrey Whitehead, Anne Reid, Janet Dibley, Piers Wehner and Emerald O'Hanrahan

Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2009
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
1
Stars
Geoffrey Whitehead, Anne Reid, Janet Dibley, Piers Wehner and Emerald O'Hanrahan
Writer
Daniel Thurman
Director
Toby Swift
Company

Those Hard To Reach Places is a comedy by first-time radio writer Daniel Thurman, in which a widowed former mayor hires a "nude" cleaner in a moment of madness.

For more than six years, since the death of his wife, former mayor Mr Fawcett has had the devoted Mrs Randle cleaning for him. Lonely and struggling with retirement, he spots a card in a shop window and books a visit from Rita, a self-styled "nude cleaner".

Embarrassed and stretched for cash, Fawcett tries to ease out Mrs Randle, but she proves more than a little difficult to shift. Unknown to him, prim and proper Mrs Randle and brash and crude Rita are in a battle for supremacy. There's only room for one cleaner, nude or otherwise, in this house. Fawcett is slowly but surely losing control of his vacuum cleaner and his life.

Additional details

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Wednesday 21st October 2009 at 2:15pm on BBC Radio 4
Episode length
45 minutes
All previous repeats
  • Wednesday 21st May 2014 at 4:15am on Radio 4 Extra
  • Tuesday 20th May 2014 at 9:15pm on Radio 4 Extra
  • Tuesday 20th May 2014 at 11:15am on Radio 4 Extra

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