Tom Caine awakes one morning to discover that he can't stop singing at inappropriate moments.

As a result he loses his job and his girlfriend Sadie.

Who are the musicians who follow him around? Why can't anyone else see them? Will Tom reach the high notes?

The everyday story about a man who can't stop himself breaking into song.

Surreal musical comedy with Suggs and Bob Monkhouse.


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0101 2001071120030327, * 20060510, * 20060511, * 20070827, * 20070828, * 20080605, * 20080606, * 20090615, * 20100323, Radio Four 20030107Tom Caine's in trouble - he hears music everywhere and it proves not to be the food of love.
  • Malc....Bill Nighy
  • Phelia....Julia Deakin
  • Jake....Andrew McGibbon
  • Montgomery De Vere....Nick Romero
  • Bouche/Compere....Phil Cornwell
  • Clammy/Father Zadok....Toby Longworth
  • Nabilia/Charmaine....Tracy Ann Oberman
  • Written by Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero
  • Music by Andrew McGibbon, Nick Romero and Suggs
  • Suggs
  • Bob Monkhouse
  • Mika Simmons
  • Phil Cornwell
  • Directed by Chris Neill.
  • 0102 2001071820030114, * 20060517, * 20060518, * 20070903, * 20070904, * 20080612, * 20080613, * 20090622, * 20100330, Radio Four 20030403Having been arrested for inciting a near riot at a football match, Tom is sentenced to community service at an old people's home.
    There he meets an ageing banjo player who can see Tom's band.
    Tom tries to get into his mother's good books by helping out at her folk club, but soon finds himself in the doghouse when the band inside his head launch into a jazz number in the middle of her song.
    In an attempt to make amends he tries to raise money for the church funds and finds himself taking part in a stand-up comedy competition.
    Having been arrested for inciting a near riot at a football match, Tom is sentenced to community service at an old folk's home.
    0103 2001072520030121, * 20060524, * 20060525, * 20070910, * 20070911, * 20080619, * 20080620, * 20090629, * 20100406, Radio Four 20030410Tom gets a job as a courier, and while delivering a package to Spain his 'imaginary' band causes mayhem on the plane.
    0104 LAST 2001080120030128, * 20060531, * 20060601, * 20070917, * 20070918, * 20080626, * 20080627, * 20090706, * 20100413, Radio Four 20030417Wedding bells are in the air for Tom and Sadie.
    Tom finally proposes to Sadie, but his "imaginary' band gets in on the act when he tries to ask her father for her hand.
    0201 20040713 Tom is sent to a special centre for the entertainingly afflicted, where his treatment seems to be going well.
    In an attempt to rid him of the band that lives in his head, Tom has been sent to a special centre for the entertainingly afflicted, and the treatment's going well - until the band can't take any more and make Tom burst into song.
    Reunited once more, Tom and the band decide they've missed each other and hatch an escape plan from the clutches of Dr Rodshott.
  • Malc/King Charles....Bill Nighy
  • Phelia....Julia Deakin
  • Jake....Andrew McGibbon
  • Montgomery (Monty) De Vere....Nick Romero
  • Bouche/Somerville....Phil Cornwell
  • Clammy/Rochester....Toby Longworth
  • Pi....Debra Stephenson
  • Written by Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero
  • Music by Andrew McGibbon, Nick Romero and Suggs
  • Suggs as Tom Caine
  • Bob Monkhouse as Dr Boone
  • Produced by Andrew McGibbon and Dawn Ellis
  • Bouche/Compere....Phil Cornwell
  • Clammy/Father Zadok....Toby Longworth
  • Nabilia/Charmaine/Dr Rodshott....Tracy Ann Oberman 
  • 0202 20040720* 20080710, * 20080711, * 20090720, * 20100427Thanks to the band in his head, Tom disrupts a funeral and does a turn as a stand-up comic
    Tom tries to get into his mother's good books by helping out at her folk club, but soon finds himself in the doghouse when the band inside his head launch into a jazz number in the middle of her song.
    In an attempt to make amends he tries to raise money for the church funds, and finds himself taking part in a stand-up comedy competition.
    0203 20040727* 20080717, * 20080718, * 20090727, * 20100504Things are looking up for Tom - he's got a new job working at the zoo, which he loves, and he's also met a rather nice girl called Pi, who works with the birds, and what's more it seems that Pi also has a band in her head.
    Everything seems perfect, so surely the band in Tom's head couldn't possibly ruin things for him this time.could they?
    0204 LAST 20040803* 20080724, * 20080725, * 20090803, * 20100511Tom and the troublesome band in his head find themselves in the Tower of London.
    After falling over and knocking himself out, Tom - and the band in his head - awakes to find himself in a strange world where castrati singers are all the rage.

    Genre

    • Comedy
    • Sitcoms