Ed Reardon's Week: Series 12
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  • Published: 4 January 2018
  • ISBN: 9781785299414
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 2 hr 47 min
  • Narrators: Christopher Douglas, Stephanie Cole, Sally Hawkins

Ed Reardon's Week: Series 12

The BBC Radio sitcom

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A full-cast dramatisation starring Christopher Douglas as Ed Reardon, a pipe-smoking hack-writer, in the twelfth outing of this award winning comedy.

The complete Series 12 of the popular BBC Radio 4 comedy, starring Christopher Douglas as Ed Reardon

'The funniest sitcom ever to grace Radio 4’ Radio Times

Curmudgeonly author Ed Reardon is back – sent down from University and temporarily living in a hotel, where he’s trying to write a novel. With Ping away ‘oop North’, Ed has a new agent, Maggie, a jam-making, sock-knitting ‘older lady’. Can she help him to turn his fortunes around?

In these six episodes, Ed gets a writing gig on ‘Your Motorhome Magazine’ – and moves into exciting new accomodation; attends his annual health check, where he gets inspiration for his new column and tries to prove his identity to claim an inheritance. Plus, he is persuaded to enter the world of local politics; discovers a whole new world of self-satisfaction surveys and decides to put his relationship with Maggie on a more permanent footing by introducing her to his children.

Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds, this sublimely funny sitcom stars Christopher Douglas as Ed Reardon, with Barunka O’Shaughnessy, Philip Jackson, Monica Dolan, Geoffrey Whitehead, Brigit Forsyth and Stephanie Cole.

Episode guide

The Writer in the Van 24 October 2017
Diabetes Day 31 October 2017
The Legacy 7 November 2017
An Enemy of the People 14 November 2017
How Did I Do? 21 November 2017
A Different Direction 28 November 2017

Cast

Ed Reardon……………………………Christopher Douglas
Receptionist……………………………Nicola Sanderson
Ping……………………………Barunka O’Shaughnessy
Jaz Milvain……………………………Philip Jackson
Maggie……………………………Monica Dolan
Stan/Cliff……………………………Geoffrey Whitehead
Pearl……………………………Brigit Forsyth
Olive……………………………Stephanie Cole
Policeman……………………………Dan Tetsell
Nurse……………………………Ruth Madeley
Nikki……………………………Vicki Pepperdine
Eli……………………………Lisa Coleman
Jake……………………………Sam Pamphilon
Dozzer……………………………Don Gilet
Jack……………………………Karl Theobald
Dominic……………………………Tyger Drew-Honey
Frank/Man……………………………Simon Greenall
Himself……………………………Petroc Trelawney

Credits

Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas
Produced by Dawn Ellis

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 24 October-28 November 2017
  • Published: 4 January 2018
  • ISBN: 9781785299414
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 2 hr 47 min
  • Narrators: Christopher Douglas, Stephanie Cole, Sally Hawkins
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About the authors

Christopher Douglas

Christopher Douglas is the author of Jardine, the biography of England test cricketer Andrew Jardine. With Andrew Nickolds, he is the co-creator of Ed Reardon, and stars in Ed Reardon’s Week. He also teamed up with Nigel Planer to create the character of ‘Nicholas Craig’, a classical actor who starred in the BBC Four series How to be Old with Nicholas Craig and whose autobiography I, An Actor, was published by Methuen in 2001.

Andrew Nickolds

Andrew Nickolds’ radio credits include Loose Ends, Dave Podmore’s Cricket Night and (with Christopher Douglas) ten series of Ed Reardon’s Week. He is the author of numerous books, including Arthur Daley's Back to Basics, The Word of Pod and Cabinet Pudding. He writes a column as Ed Reardon for The Oldie, and one as Dave Podmore for the website Cricinfo.