Very Old Pretenders
Comedy about two Jacobite soldiers from 1745 found living in a Perthshire cave and their integration into modern Scottish society - by an Englishman
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2011
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 4 (1 series)
- Creator
- Carl Gorham
- Starring
- David Haig, Gordon Kennedy, Jack Docherty and Rebecca Front
- Writer
- Carl Gorham
- Director
- Carl Gorham
- Producer
- Gordon Kennedy
David Haig, Rebecca Front, Gordon Kennedy and Jack Docherty star in this new comedy series by multi award-winning writer Carl Gorham, creator of cult TV animation show Stressed Eric.
Very Old Pretenders explores what happens when two Jacobite soldiers from 1745 are found alive and well in a cave in Perthshire and have to be integrated into modern Scottish society by English academic Andrew Merron.
- Production company
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 15th September 2011 on BBC Radio 4 at 11pm
- Last new broadcast
- Thursday 6th October 2011 on BBC Radio 4 at 11pm
- Length of episodes
- 30 minutes
- Last repeat
- Monday 19th September 2016 at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra

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