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The Correspondent: The Complete Series 2 (BBC Radio 4: Comedy)
- Narrated by: Tom Allen
- Length: 55 mins
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Summary
The complete second series of BBC Radio 4's The Correspondent, four bittersweet comic monologues starring writer and comedian Tom Allen.
In this series, Tom distracts himself from a looming job appraisal, and his domestic situation, with the discovery of a new mystery friend in the workplace; gets a new laptop and searches for a new boyfriend online; takes on the task of informing his late Aunt’s pen friends of her death; and decides on an unplanned trip to France.
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- Susan
- 31-08-11
wrong series I think
Very funny and easy to listen to. Only thing to note is that I think this is series 1 and the series 1 advertised is in fact series 2....?