Episodes
Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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Dead Rellies | 20171120 | Dead Rellies by Gary Brown
Fay & Alan have come to visit their parents' grave.
Fay ..... Maureen Lipman
Produced and directed by Marion Nancarrow
Maureen Lipman's hugely successful career as actress, writer, artist and, most recently, director, has spanned 50 years and, in her honour, 4 new comedy dramas have been especially commissioned for Radio 4, with the writers creating roles specifically for her. The results are 4 very different plays. This week, a second play by Gary Brown reunites Maureen with the actor George Layton (probably still best known for the Doctor in the House series and as a writer, including "Don't Wait Up").
And next week you can hear the final play in the series, "Theodora Potts: Victorian Psychic" by Tracy-Ann Oberman and Ivor Baddiel, in which Tracy-Ann Oberman also co-stars.
Maureen Lipman stars in the third of four comedy dramas written especially for her. Series of comedy dramas written especially for leading actors. |
Five Lessons | 20171113 | Five Lessons by Marcy Kahan
Nigella Smith is no ordinary piano student. Can her piano tutor win her trust in just five lessons?
Pianist Peter Ringrose
Produced and directed by Marion Nancarrow
Maureen Lipman's hugely successful career as actress, writer, artist and, most recently, director, has spanned 50 years and, in her honour, 4 new comedy dramas have been especially commissioned for Radio 4, with the writers creating roles specifically for her. The results are 4 very different plays. This is the second of the four. In it, she stars with Julian Rhind-Tutt (Green Wing, The Bastard Executioner).
Maureen Lipman stars in the second of four comedy dramas written especially for her. Series of comedy dramas written especially for leading actors. |
Theodora Potts: Victorian Psychic | 20171127 | Theodora Potts: Victorian Psychic by Tracy-Ann Oberman and Ivor Baddiel
Theodora Potts is fast-becoming the go-to psychic of the Victorian age.
Theodora Potts ..... Maureen Lipman
Produced and directed by Marion Nancarrow
This is the last of four plays especially written for Maureen Lipman which form this month's "A Month of Maureen". Maureen Lipman's hugely successful career as actress, writer, artist and, most recently, director, has spanned 50 years and, in her honour, these 4 new comedy dramas have been especially commissioned for Radio 4, with the writers creating roles specifically for her. The results are 4 very different plays. In this final play, Maureen is Theodora Potts, a Victorian psychic with a secret, who's about to meet her match. Tracy-Ann Oberman co-stars in a surprising reincarnation - and also co-wrote the play for Maureen.
Tracy-Ann Oberman co-wrote and co-stars in this comedy drama written for Maureen Lipman. Series of comedy dramas written especially for leading actors. |
Three Journeys | 20171106 | Three Journeys by Gary Brown
In the first of 4 plays written especially for Maureen Lipman, she & Jasper Britton play a mother and son who've always had
Produced and directed by Marion Nancarrow
The first of four plays written especially for the actress, writer, director and author, Maureen Lipman, under the banner "A Month of Maureen".
Maureen Lipman stars in the first of four comedy dramas written especially for her. Series of comedy dramas written especially for leading actors. |