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Ed Reardon's Week: Series 9-12

By: Christopher Douglas, Andrew Nickolds
Narrated by: Christopher Douglas, Stephanie Cole, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Philip Jackson, Alison Steadman, Geoffrey Whitehead, full cast, Brigit Forsyth
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Summary

Series 9-12 of the hit comedy featuring curmudgeonly author Ed Reardon.

Author, pipe-smoker, fare-dodger and master of the complaining letter and abusive email, Ed Reardon returns for another four series. Despite many thwarted attempts at literary succes, he's still living a precarious existence with his trusty companion Elgar, reliant on any small morsels of work Ping can offer him to keep body, mind and cat together. He also continues to have regular run-ins with his nemesis, Jaz Milvane—who somehow manages to make money out of mad schemes, while Ed makes nothing—and his love life remains more than a little erratic.

Among his endeavours in these 24 episodes, Ed attends his first ever interview for a real job; finds himself facing homelessness as Stan throws him out on the street; enters the groves of academe as he becomes a student at 'Uni'; and gains a new agent, Maggie, who gets him a regular writing gig on Your Motorhome magazine. Can she help him to turn his fortunes around?

Also included is a special festive edition, which sees Ed spending the holiday season without Elgar. All he has for Christmas is a computer and a commission...

Christopher Douglas stars as Ed, alongside Stephanie Cole, Philip Jackson, Geoffrey Whitehead, Alison Steadman, Brigit Forsyth and Barunka O'Shaughnessy, in this acclaimed comedy by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.

Cast and credits:

Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas

Produced by Dawn Ellis

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 11 November-16 December 2013 (Series 9), 13 May-17 June 2015 (Series 10), 1 January 2016 (Ed Reardon at Christmas), 4 October-8 November 2016 (Series 11), 24 October-28 November 2017 (Series 12)

Cast:

Ed Reardon - Christopher Douglas

Olive - Stephanie Cole

Cliff - Geoffrey McGivern

Ping - Barunka O'Shaughnessy

Jaz Milvane - Philip Jackson

Pearl - Alison Steadman/Brigit Forsyth

Stan - Geoffrey Whitehead

Ray - Simon Greenall

Jake - Sam Pamphilon

Eli - Lisa Coleman

Fiona - Jenny Agutter

Suzan - Raquel Cassidy

Maggie - Monica Dolan

With Melanie Hudson, Nicola Sanderson, Jonathan Bailey, Carys Eleri, Claudie Blakley, Jonathan Coy, Corrie Corfield, Felicity Montagu, Carolyn Pickles, Dan Mersh, Vicki Pepperdine, Duncan Preston, Celia Imrie, Phaldut Sharma, Joanna Brookes, Pam Ferris, Jack Farthing, Jeremy Paxman, John Humphrys, Divian Ladwa, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Maya Sondhi, Ruth Madeley, Don Gilet, Karl Theobald, Tyger Drew-Honey, Petroc Trelawney.

©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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 "Pure joy." (The Telegraph)

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Brilliant writing and performances

So funny,will have to purchase all that’s out there now which will make me as cash strapped as Ed himself.

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