The Wooden Spoon

Available for 29 days

Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive email, attempts to survive in a world where the media seems to be run by idiots lying charlatans or 12-year olds. Things haven't worked out for Ed and Elgar in their shepherd's hut retreat and so it's back to London. But where - and how - will they live? Could a carrier bag filled with wooden spoons be the answer to their problems? Return of the comedy written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds. Ed Reardon ........ Christopher Douglas Olive ........ Stephanie Cole Pearl ........ Brigit Forsyth Maggie ........ Pippa Haywood Jaz ........ Philip Jackson Ping ........ Barunka O'Shaughnessy Stan ........ Geoffrey Whitehead Elgar. ........ Colin the Cat With: Sarah Ovens Dan Tetsell Ellen Thomas. Producer Simon Nicholls A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2019.