New radio comedy series, with a strangely unfamiliar voice

by **hazel** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:42 am

Courtesy of a mailing list to which I subscribe, I found this video trailer for a new comedy series starting soon on BBC Radio 2.
(part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daLZVcEf1uU )

It's an adaptation of Sexton Blake, starring Simon Jones (of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fame), but of more interest to us, I think, is the actor playing Blake's sidekick, Tinker, as shown in Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5QwTIUB4BE&NR=1

by **Marion** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:01 pm

ROFL That looks like it'll be a hoot - I must remember to listen in. :grin:

by **Brindlewhite** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:04 pm

Oh wow Hazel that is brilliant!
Thank you for posting about it as I would have been upset if I had missed it, looks really "tally ho chaps " and all that!. :-D

by **hazel** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:13 pm

I love that line: "... and bring liniment!" It's reduced me to helpless giggles several times already.

One of the writers, Mr Millington (the chap with the strangely red hair in Part 1), is the author of a website called Things My Girlfriend And I Have Argued About ( http://www.mil-millington.com/ ) and of several books. If this radio show is half as funny as those, it'll be excellent. It's his mailing list that I subscribe to, by the way.

by **RhapsodyAngel8** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:18 pm

It sounds like great fun!

Likewise - thank you for posting about it, Hazel. I shall make a note to listen to it. It's a good thing the Beeb has its 'listen again' facility - knowing me, I'm bound to miss its scheduled broadcast time.

by **Skybase Girl** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:32 pm

I am always reminding myself to listen to more radio as there are truly great things on it.

Looks like this could be one of them !

Thanks for the prompt, Hazel.