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Living with the Enemy
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- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth, Nick Revell, full cast, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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Summary
All six episodes of the BBC radio comedy about two chalk-and-cheese flatmates.
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Written by and starring Gyles Brandreth as Gyles and Nick Revell as Nick, this 'Odd Couple' story was inspired by a chance meeting between the pair at the Edinburgh Festival, where they hit it off despite being political opposites. Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle, Black Mirror) plays Sophie and guest stars include Prunella Scales, Timothy West, Martin Jarvis and Neil Pearson.
Cast
Gyles Brandon – Gyles Brandreth
Nick Reynolds – Nick Revell
Sophie Okuyu – Gugu Mbatha-Raw
George Carstairs – Martin Jarvis
Taxi driver/Goon – Nathan Caton
Mr Longstaff/ Richard Dowdeswell/Piers/Brian/Barry – Martin Hyder
Shop assistant – Alys Torrance
Mrs Woodman – Prunella Scales
Mr Woodman – Timothy West
Charles Danbury – Nickolas Grace
Jana – Maria McErlane
Immigration officer/Asif – Dan Mersh
Olga – Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Rick – Neil Pearson
Written by Nick Revell and Gyles Brandreth
Produced by Ed Morrish
BA: Pamela Norris
Studio Managers: Alick Hale-Monro & Gary Newman
Archive BA: Kevin Gordon
Theme music composed and performed by Ben Walker