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On Mardle Fen: Series 1-6

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On Mardle Fen: Series 1-6

By: Nick Warburton
Narrated by: Full Cast, Helen Longworth, John Rowe, Kate Buffery, Sam Dale, Trevor Peacock
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Summary

Trevor Peacock (The Vicar of Dibley) stars as inspired chef Warwick Hedges, in this comedy drama set in an idiosyncratic restaurant in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Warwick’s son Jack works alongside his father, which makes him permanently anxious. They are assisted by Samuel, an earthy odd-job man "who crawled out of the slime with the eels", and Zofia the Polish waitress.

Whether hosting unusual guests, dealing with flooding, fuelling father-son rivalry, or moving strange stones from the edge of the Fen to his restaurant 'at his own peril', Warwick certainly keeps Mardle Fen on its toes.

The mixture of food, family relationships and Fenland legend is handled with Nick Warburton's characteristic deft comic touch.

Cast:
Warwick Hedges.....Trevor Peacock
Jack Hedges.....Sam Dale
Zofia.....Helen Longworth
Samuel.....John Rowe
Marcia Hedges.....Kate Buffery

Other parts played by Chris Pavlo, Liza Sadovy, Christine Kavanagh, Liz Sutherland, Lizzy Watts, Victoria Inez Hardy, Malcolm Tierney, Paul Rider, Lauren Mote, Claire Rushbrook, Tony Bell, Adam Billington, Ben Crowe, Tilly Tremayne, Paul Bazely and Gyles Brandreth.

Produced and directed by Claire Grove.

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Great characters & scriptwriting from Nick Warburton. I listened to On Mardle Fen when radio 4 first broadcast them and they're even better the second time around. Wonderful cast witty and moving storylines, I defy people not to laugh out loud. I binged the whole series with my partner during the first lockdown last spring, Comes highly recommended by us both. Not conkers.

Fabulous dramatisation

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A fabulous (in all senses) series of plays, beautifully written and acted, eccentric, humorous, mysterious & charming.

Fabulous Mardle Fen

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Loved this very entertaining. I want to live on Mardle Fen. Enjoyed all the arguments between Mr Hedges and his son and just loved Zophia

Enjoyed all the disagreements - you armpit

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I enjoyed this from start to finish. I do find magic in the Fens and I found this captured beautifully. There is plenty of whimsy, but the interplay between the characters makes it all too real at the same time. I just dropped a single star on Performance because I really wish Zofia had been played by a Polish actor - at times it felt to me that the character was lost and stereotypes came to the fore instead - but overall I loved it and know I will listen again in the future.

Unexpected joy

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Excellent series and it will have you chuckling away to yourself at the antics of Warwick Hedges

Superb Listen

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