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HR: The Complete Series 1-5

A BBC Radio 4 Comedy

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HR: The Complete Series 1-5

By: Nigel Williams
Narrated by: full cast, Nicholas le Provost, Jonathan Pryce
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About this listen

Jonathan Pryce and Nicholas le Provost deliver first-class performances in this comedy drama series, which charts the misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble-making colleague.

Lazy HR officer Sam (Nicholas le Provost) and his equally useless workmate Peter (Jonathan Pryce) realise they are in trouble: Peter for lateness and abusive phone calls to clients, and Sam for his over-relaxed attitude to errant staff members like Peter. Soon their worst fears are realised when they learn that one of the abusive phone calls made by Peter has been intercepted.

Series 1 sees the duo inflict disastrous injuries on their boss on an away-day, profoundly insult his successor on a train, and rehearse for humiliating interviews for their own jobs. From Series 2 onwards Peter, on a tiny pension, has moved into Sam’s suburban home, where the odd couple continues to play out the curious behaviours developed over a lifetime in work. Together they must face money worries (from pensions under threat to the perils of being rich), and navigate their increasingly complicated love lives.

Written by Nigel Williams
Produced by Peter Kavanagh

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I wasn't sure at first, nevertheless I love this series, the characters are engaging and the story moves on at a good speed.

A great series, give it time

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Always enjoyed the original episodes when i managed to catch them on radio 4, and was delighted when they became available on audible. Jonathan Pryce and Nicholas Le Prevost are fantastic with non stop laughs and crazy humour. 5 star comedy

5 star comedy

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Basically the two leads are a revelation - quirky and teetering on the verge of weird, I very rarely laugh out load, but I do at this.

HR series 1to 5

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Love these two characters and their confusion of life! Wonderful performances, perfect timing, great script and so damn funny.

Beautiful

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Nicholas le Provost, Jonathan Pryce et al are superb in this very original BBC production, written by Nigel Williams. Well worth a listen. I was very pleased to find the programs in their entirety here on audible at a very reasonable cost.

I think my favourite episode is 'An Away Day'...having worked for many years in the pharmaceutical industry with it's preponsity for 'team-building', it just resonates with me. Highly recomended writing with flawless delivery from an accomplished cast.

HR FULL (the entire set).

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