Episodes
Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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01 | Privinvasionacy | 20071119 | 20160512 (BBC7) 20181203 (BBC7) 20201011 (BBC7) | Market researcher Ian Dunn seeks the opinions of a hostile public. Stars Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From November 2007. Everybody hates market researchers. Ian Dunn doesn't know that he's doing the worst job in the world. As International Query Board UK's only long-serving door-to-door interviewer, Ian - armed with a broken clipboard, puny incentives, inappropriate footwear and an unflagging commitment to the Market Researcher's Code Of Conduct - must persuade a hostile public to part with their precious opinions. At the ugly end of the business stick - rained on, rejected, and ignored - Ian has faith. Faith in the importance of his work, faith in a public that are pretending to be out by hiding in their bins, faith that - were he to cheat - civilisation would crumble within hours. Possibly even minutes. For Ian, filling in a survey about flannels is more democratic than voting. And he might be right. Ian's source for help and guidance is International Query Board UK's disinterested Field Manager Mary, who dispenses tough love and surveys by phone and post. She burnt her copy of the Code Of Conduct back in '76. She can't actually tell Ian to cheat - and he's unlikely to take the hint - but, as 80% of her interviewers disintegrate within 3 months, she can't afford to sack him either. He's never met her, but reports in to her at the start of each episode. Most important of all are The Respondents. From the sniffy suburbs to the stagnant sinkholes he is sent to, Ian blankly appeals to the better side of a suspicious populace. After a series of daft, brisk rejections, each episode will result in a single showcased interviewee - each with their own strange reason to cooperate. Every location he's posted to, every home he's let into, has a distinct ambience and story and each episode its own illogical unwieldy an archaically worded survey. Knocker is a playful, absurdist trot through the instantly recognisable, but nonetheless mysterious labours of a hapless, low-waged door-knocker. Spilling from the knuckle-bruising rigmarole of cold calling are a wealth of ridiculous situations, ensuring a lively, compact 15 minutes of intelligent silliness performed by a cast of comedy veterans. Cast Writer Episode 1 - Privinvasionacy Audience comedy about a long suffering market researcher, written by Neil Edmond Armed with a broken clipboard, puny incentives, inappropriate footwear and an unflagging commitment to the Market Researcher's Code of Conduct, Ian Dunn seeks the precious opinions of a hostile public. CAST: Ian Dunn …. Neil Edmond Written by Neil Edmond Producer: Tilusha Ghelani First broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2007. |
02 | Eligibilliant | 20071126 | 20160519 (BBC7) 20181210 (BBC7) 20201018 (BBC7) | Market researcher Ian Dunn tackles a run down council tower block. Stars Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From November 2007. Episode 2 - Eligibilliant Market researcher Ian Dunn tackles a rundown council tower block. Audience comedy about a long suffering market researcher, written by Neil Edmond Market researcher Ian Dunn tackles a run down council tower block. Stars Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From November 2007. Episode 2 - Eligibilliant Produced by Tilusha Ghelani First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007. |
03 | Obselejectivitysence | 20071203 | 20160526 (BBC7) 20181217 (BBC7) 20201025 (BBC7) | Market researcher Ian surveys a high-tech future. With Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. Audience comedy about a long suffering market researcher, written by Neil Edmond |
04 | Confidentialitydence | 20071210 | 20160602 (BBC7) 20181224 (BBC7) 20201101 (BBC7) | Experimental kitchen wipes sorely test market researcher Ian Dunn. Audience comedy about a long suffering market researcher, written by Neil Edmond |
05 | Incentativity | 20071217 | 20160609 (BBC7) 20181231 (BBC7) 20201108 (BBC7) | Market researcher Ian Dunn carries out a delicate immigration survey. Audience comedy about a long suffering market researcher, written by Neil Edmond |
06 LAST | Profitch | 20071224 | 20160616 (BBC7) 20190107 (BBC7) 20201115 (BBC7) | Market researcher Ian Dunn suffers a shocking epiphany. Audience comedy about a long suffering market researcher, written by Neil Edmond |