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Old Harry’s Game

The Complete Series of the Award-Winning BBC Radio 4 Comedy

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Old Harry’s Game

By: Andy Hamilton
Narrated by: Andy Hamilton, James Grout, Jimmy Mulville, Robert Duncan, David Swift, Timothy West, Annette Crosbie, full cast
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About this listen

All seven series of Andy Hamilton's fiendishly funny award-winning comedy set in Hell.

Welcome to Hell—where nobody can ever quite catch the barman's eye. In this collection, which contains all seven series of Old Harry's Game, get ready for some wicked one-liners and scorching satire.

Satan is fed up after a millennia in charge of Hell, especially given the prospect of an eternity still running the damned place. Although he does enjoy playing pranks on the world of the living and devising wry torments for the souls in his keeping, he often wistfully recalls his past as an archangel...

Over the course of the series, we meet various famous figures now languishing in Hell, including a foul-mouthed Jane Austen, a mindless Helen of Troy and a less-than-heroic Samson. Satan takes Hell resident Thomas on a tour of his life, his assistant Scumspawn has trouble with a pushy computer, and love drives The Professor to extreme action. Satan and The Professor find a huge, empty space in Hell (when they enter Scumspawn's brain), a Health and Safety officer notes that the lighting is inadequate, and Satan punishes a feng shui expert. And then Edith arrives...

Seven series of the Sony Award-winning comedy (plus the Christmas and Olympic specials) starring Andy Hamilton as Satan and a regular cast of acclaimed actors including Annette Crosbie as Edith, Timothy West as God, James Grout as The Professor, Jimmy Mulville as Thomas and Robert Duncan as Scumspawn.

Production credits

Written by Andy Hamilton

Produced by Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 23 November-28 December 1995 (Series 1), 7 April-12 May 1998 (Series 2), 24 March-28 April 1999 (Series 3), 29 March-3 May 2001 (Series 4), 31 December 2002-1 January 2003 (2002 Christmas Special), 20 September-11 October 2005 (Series 5), 27 September-1 November 2007 (Series 6), 19 February-26 March 2009 (Series 7), 23 December-30 December 2010 (2010 Christmas Special), 12 July-19 July 2012 (Olympic Special).

©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Dark Humour Literature & Fiction Satire Witty Funny Thought-Provoking

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Critic reviews

"Satirical, philosophical—and devilishly funny." (Gillian Reynolds, Daily Telegraph)

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I started to laugh almost from the start and, as I was in bed listening to this made me wake up. It's funny, well written and the actors are well suited to their roles. I would recommend this to any who enjoy comedy

Don't listen at bedtime.

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Funny cleaver dry witty radio comedy at its best

Funny cleaver dry witty radio comedy at its best

Brilliant

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Great series, Long. Love every part thought provoking and funny and silly all at once lol

So worth a go

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So well written and hilarious. An absolute master piece, something you should definitely listen to.

Fantastic!!

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Love it - one of my favourite shows from R4 recommend! Contains all the series in one go which is great too.

Recommend

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