Simon Brett
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| After Henry | ...Prunella Scales stars as Sarah in SIMON BRETT's sitcom about three generations of women who never see eye to eye.... |
| Body On The Beach, The | ...SIMON BRETT's story read by Joanna Tope.... |
| Body On The Beach | ...By SIMON BRETT, abridged in ten parts by Stewart Conn and read by Joanna Tope.... |
| Chain Gang, The | ...by SIMON BRETT, read by Johnny Meres. `Job itself works a dream. No-one sees me slip the key in her lock. No alarm sounds as I go in...'.... |
| Cleopatra's Nose | ...Can James overcome his Egyptian Queen obsession and find a real girlfriend? SIMON BRETT's comedy drama with Benjamin Whitrow.... |
| Comedy Catch Up | ...Crime writers Ruth Dudley Edwards and Simon Shaw tackle the case of a redhead shot dead. Written and chaired by SIMON BRETT.... |
| Comedy Connections | ...Stout footwear and crampons at the ready as we help you to clamber through a few branches of the family tree of British comedy - led by SIMON BRETT.... |
| Dead Side Of The Mic | ...Dramatised by Jeremy Front from the novel by SIMON BRETT.... |
| Foul Play | ...SIMON BRETT hosts the murder mystery game with real-life crime writers.... |
| Frank Muir - A Kentish Lad Remembered | ...SIMON BRETT introduces six programmes celebrating the life and career of Frank Muir, who died in January. With contributions from Denis Norden, June Whitfield, Bill Cotton, Patrick Garland, Robert Robinson, Professor James MacCallum and John Amis.... |
| Frank Muir Goes Into | ...Frank investigates the humour behind heroism with the help of Alfred Marks. Written by SIMON BRETT.... |
| Furniture Play, The | ...By SIMON BRETT A first-ever radio play with speaking furniture. In SIMON BRETT's comedy fledgling publisher Miles Hadley is as untutored in love as he is in business. Now he has to cope with both - in the shape of Laura, an attractive, aspiring writer. The pieces of furniture in his flat provide a running commentary on his romantic progress... |
| Guide To 20 Years' Hitch-hiking, The | ...A celebration of the successful light entertainment show `The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy', with contributions from Douglas Adams, Peter Jones, Stephen Moore, Geoffrey Perkins and SIMON BRETT... |
| I Did It My Way | ...SIMON BRETT... |
| In Parenthesis - This Is Radio Three? | ...Various items & contributors. Announcer: Cormac Rigby. Devised & produced by David Hatch & SIMON BRETT... |
| Joy In The Morning | ...Bertie Wooster avoids his Aunt Agatha at all costs - but stray uncles and old flames throw a spanner in the works. Written by PG Wodehouse and dramatised by Chris Miller. Richard Briers stars as Bertie Wooster and Michael Horden stars as Jeeves in SIMON BRETT’s 1978 production.... |
| Moral Notes | ...SIMON BRETT explores how the Victorians perfected the use of popular song as a way to reflect values, morality and beliefs. 1: Family Life. It began in the 1840s and so it continues: the image of family life as a happy gathering presided over by fond parents. But behind the facade, songs chart the shift from obedience to disaffection.... |
| Murder Unprompted | ...SIMON BRETT's thespian sleuth returns in a dramatisation by Jeremy Front.... |
| No Commitments | ...Comedy series by SIMON BRETT following the fortunes of three fortysomething sisters.... |
| Putting The Kettle On | ...By SIMON BRETT... |
| Quote Unquote | ..."Nigel Rees exchanges quotations and anecdotes with guests Simon Thurley, Mitchell Symons, SIMON BRETT and Michael Coveney. The reader is William Franklyn.... |
| Radio Detectives, The | ...Jeffrey Richards investigates Lord Peter Wimsey with help from Ian Carmichael, SIMON BRETT and Jill Paton Walsh.... |
| Semi Circles | ...written by.... SIMON BRETT... |
| Series Of Murders, A | ...by SIMON BRETT... |
| Sicken And So Die | ...Dramatised by Jeremy Front from the novel by SIMON BRETT. Bill Nighy returns as Charles Paris, actor-cum-amateur sleuth.... |
| Slightly Foxed | ...Gill Pyrah presents the final programme in the current series of the literary quiz. Guests this week are SIMON BRETT, Frank Delaney, Prof Lisa Jardine and John Walsh.... |
| Smelling Of Roses | ...SIMON BRETT's comedy follows the trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event management company.... |
| So Long And Thanks For All The Fish - A Tribute To Douglas Adams | ...Friends and colleagues of the late Douglas Adams pay tribute to the creator of `The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. Including contributions from Stephen Fry, Griff Rhys Jones and SIMON BRETT... |
| So Much Blood [drama] | ...By SIMON BRETT, dramatised by Bert Coules. Charles Paris takes his one-man show to the 1999 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, filling a vacant spot at a student venue which is a hotbed of behind-the-scenes drama, until a stage dagger turns murderously into a real one. With Bill Nighy, Jimmy Chisholm and John Paul Hurley. Director Gaynor Macfarlane.... |
| So Much Blood [serial] | ...... |
| Stanley Baxter And Friends | ...by SIMON BRETT Presented by Paul Vaughan. This week Stanley takes on one of the greatest challenges a voice artist can attempt: playing all the parts himself. In this hilarious satirical spoof documentary - about how Hollywood americanizes stories that it turns into films - Stanley plays no fewer than eight main characters. The only other voice you'll hear throughout the whole half hour will be the presenter, Paul Vaughan. This episode brings together two names from the satire hall of fame: Stanley Baxter was the first person to portray in TV comedy HM the Queen - not to mention the Pope - and SIMON BRETT was one of the brains behind the vintage Radio 4 satire show Weekending, as well as Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Produced by Graham Frost.... |
| Unnatural Death | ...This was the second Lord Peter Wimsey novel to be adapted for radio in the mid-seventies. Broadcast May 5 to June 16 1975, it was dramatised by Chris Miller and produced by SIMON BRETT.... |
| Unpleasantness At The Bellona Club, The | By Dorothy L. Sayers. With Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey and Peter Jones as Bunter. ...SIMON BRETT (producer)... |
| Week Ending | ...Sir David Steel presents the first of two programmes celebrating Britain's longest running comedy sketch show. Amongst those taking part are David Jason Roy Hattersley, Jimmy Mulville, Griff Rhys Jones and SIMON BRETT.... |
| We've Been Here Before | ...Jon Holmes, SIMON BRETT, Gyles Brandreth and Lewis Shaffer.... |
| Where In The World? | ...Guests include Sir Chris Bonington and SIMON BRETT.... |
| Whose Body? | ...SIMON BRETT (Producer)... |
| Womb With A View, A | ...A monologue for two, adapted by SIMON BRETT from his stage play. Felicity Goodson plays both the mother-to-be and the extremely articulate embryo in a comedy of development and deliverance. Director: SIMON BRETT.... |
| Write Stuff, The | ...Guests include SIMON BRETT and Peter Kemp ... |
| You Had To Be There | ...By SIMON BRETT.... |
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