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The Bob Servant Emails

By: Neil Forsyth
Narrated by: Sanjeev Kohli,Laura Solon,Brian Cox,Felix Dexter,Lewis MacLeod,full cast
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Summary

Brian Cox stars as the 63-year-old Servant in these wickedly funny full-cast email exchanges

Born and bred in Dundee, Bob Servant sees himself as the people's champion. Once a cheeseburger magnate and part of what he claims to be 'the largest window cleaning round in Western Europe', he's now retired and feeling a little bored. After winning a computer in the bowling club raffle, and only ever receiving spam emails, he decides to take on this plague of the electronic age…
This complete series features the anarchic exchanges between Bob and the unwitting spam merchants who flood his inbox. As they offer him Russian brides, African fortunes, and get-rich-quick scams, he turns the tables by thinking up some outlandish schemes of his own. Playing the fraudsters at their own game, he soon has them in the palm of his hand.
Starring Brian Cox as Bob Servant, and featuring a stellar ensemble cast including Felix Dexter, Laura Solon, Sanjeev Kohli and Lewis MacLeod.
Cast and Credits
Starring Brian Cox as Bob Servant
with Felix Dexter, Laura Solon, Sanjeev Kohli and Lewis MacLeod
Written by Neil Forsyth
Directed by Marilyn Imrie
Produced by Owen Bell
First broadcast BBC Radio Scotland, 29 October-3 December 2010

©2012 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2012 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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Brilliant and funny

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I hated the electronic voice between chapters…whats wring with a human voice?
I think that Audible should be clear about the Rights Management restrictions and specify the kind of file that is being supplied.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Bob Servant Emails?

Don't want to spoil it for anyone but if you ever wanted to know how to really tease someone, this is a masterpiece

What does the narrator bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Have not read the book

Do you think The Bob Servant Emails needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

It would be great to have a follow up but I do not know how this could be followed.

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You have won a million pounds!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, it is a humorous collection of email commentarys which could amuse even the deadest wit.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Bob is the main man but the performances of the other charachters are all very good.

Have you listened to any of the narrator’s other performances? How does this one compare?

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If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Cheesburger wars, THE SEQUEL!

Any additional comments?

This is a short selection of the various email escapades that Bob Servant gets involved in after winning a computer. They begin very subtly before building into frenetic exchanges that must make everyone laugh in recognition as we realise we have all received similair emails and would like to reply in a similair vein if we had the desire or Bobs Tenacity.

I regard this as a sample book with other larger books available.

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A Hilarious Revenge on Spams!

We've all suffered the annoyance of spam emails offering everything from inheritance to finding love, but instead of deleting his, the author takes on the persona of Bob Servant, and takes the spammers on at their own game. The result is a hilarious compilation of these communications, set to audio by Brian Cox who comes across as suitably gullible to lead the spammers on until he's had his fun at their expense. The accents and language of the spammers is also well done, making it easier to imagine the origins of each spam!



Having heard a couple of the Bob Servant Emails on Radio 4 I was delighted to download this full Series, and I was not disappointed with it.



A hilarious download, that I can only highly recommend!

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Enjoyable but get the full book

Amusing on its own but weak compared to his first book. The first book had be laughing at work when I really should of been more professional but couldn't be helped

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If you're Scottish, you'll love it

I'm a big fan of Brian Cox (Scottish Actor, not the Scientist chap) and Lewis McLeod (Dead Ringers) Veryfunny,
I'm now tempted to answer spam emails.
What a hoot.
Can thoroughly recommend.
Shame it wasn't longer. Hope there's more to come.

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Laugh Out Loud Funny

I'd recommend this to anyone who has been on the “brown” end of the stick.
Seeing these scammers getting a dose of their own medicine is so satisfying and also funny at the same time.
I'd love to see more of this series.

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very good book

listen to this foot while cycling through the forest got me through it laughing the way to myself

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