Tom Parry's Fancy Dressed Life

Episode

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Rules

20170405

20200925 (BBC7)
20220725 (BBC7)
20240312 (BBC7)
20190313 (R4)

Tom needs to lay down the law and explain his four golden rules of Fancy Dress.

Listen carefully, fancy dress might seem like a bit of fun to you but for Tom it's something altogether more serious. But still fun.

For this week's costume party, Tom is off to help warm the house of his friends Marko and Rosie.

Tom wants to make sure that he has the best costume and looks good in front of Jill, a girl he's recently been 'chirpsing', but Tom's cousin and fancy dress nemesis Gagsy is on hand to make sure that things don't run smoothly.

Written by and starring: Tom Parry,

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2017.

Stand-up Tom Parry tells the story of four fancy dress parties over the course of a year in his native Wolverhampton. From 2017.

Max

20170412

20201002 (BBC7)
20220801 (BBC7)
20220806 (BBC7)
20220807 (BBC7)
20240319 (BBC7)
20190320 (R4)

It's the annual Parry family party and, as if you needed reminding, it's Fancy Dress.

Tom is rather pleased with his typically obscure nay gloriously inaccessible choice of costume but some unhelpfully nightmarish flashbacks to his university days threaten to spoil his enjoyment of the day.

Written by and starring: Tom Parry,

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2017.

It's the annual Parry family party but unhelpfully nightmarish flashbacks of university threaten to spoil Tom's fun. From 2017.

Scary

20170419

20201009 (BBC7)
20220808 (BBC7)
20240326 (BBC7)
20190327 (R4)

It's Halloween, the Christmas of Fancy Dress and Tom's friend Ben is having a party.

The curse of the dreaded 'internet orderers' and some traumatic memories of cub camp conspire to temporarily undermine Tom's status as local Fancy Dress Hero.

Written by and starring: Tom Parry,

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2017.

The Halloween curse of dreaded 'internet orderers' and traumatic cub camp memories conspire against Tom. From 2017.

04 LAST

Texas

20170426

20201016 (BBC7)
20220815 (BBC7)
20240402 (BBC7)
20190403 (R4)

It's the final fancy dress party of the year and Tom is off to a wedding.

Can a sweepstake, some cowboy boots and a little bit of line dancing end Tom's fancy dress year on a high?

Written by and starring: Tom Parry

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2017.

Tom's final party of the year is a wedding. Can a sweepstake, cowboy boots and line dancing make it end on a high? From 2017.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	Rules	20170405	20200925 (BBC7) 20220725 (BBC7) 20240312 (BBC7) 20190313 (R4)	Tom needs to lay down the law and explain his four golden rules of Fancy Dress. Listen carefully, fancy dress might seem like a bit of fun to you but for Tom it's something altogether more serious. But still fun. For this week's costume party, Tom is off to help warm the house of his friends Marko and Rosie. Tom wants to make sure that he has the best costume and looks good in front of Jill, a girl he's recently been 'chirpsing', but Tom's cousin and fancy dress nemesis Gagsy is on hand to make sure that things don't run smoothly. Written by and starring: Tom Parry, A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2017. Stand-up Tom Parry tells the story of four fancy dress parties over the course of a year in his native Wolverhampton. From 2017.
02	Max	20170412	20201002 (BBC7) 20220801 (BBC7) 20220806 (BBC7) 20220807 (BBC7) 20240319 (BBC7) 20190320 (R4)	It's the annual Parry family party and, as if you needed reminding, it's Fancy Dress. Tom is rather pleased with his typically obscure nay gloriously inaccessible choice of costume but some unhelpfully nightmarish flashbacks to his university days threaten to spoil his enjoyment of the day. Written by and starring: Tom Parry, A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2017. It's the annual Parry family party but unhelpfully nightmarish flashbacks of university threaten to spoil Tom's fun. From 2017.
03	Scary	20170419	20201009 (BBC7) 20220808 (BBC7) 20240326 (BBC7) 20190327 (R4)	It's Halloween, the Christmas of Fancy Dress and Tom's friend Ben is having a party. The curse of the dreaded 'internet orderers' and some traumatic memories of cub camp conspire to temporarily undermine Tom's status as local Fancy Dress Hero. Written by and starring: Tom Parry, A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2017. The Halloween curse of dreaded 'internet orderers' and traumatic cub camp memories conspire against Tom. From 2017.
04 LAST	Texas	20170426	20201016 (BBC7) 20220815 (BBC7) 20240402 (BBC7) 20190403 (R4)	It's the final fancy dress party of the year and Tom is off to a wedding. Can a sweepstake, some cowboy boots and a little bit of line dancing end Tom's fancy dress year on a high? Written by and starring: Tom Parry A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2017. Tom's final party of the year is a wedding. Can a sweepstake, cowboy boots and line dancing make it end on a high? From 2017.