Too Much Information

Comedy about a tourist information centre in a town with no tourist attractions whatsoever

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Waft Tourist Information attempt to justify a huge donation from the Heritage Lottery Fund with a hastily erected papier-m ch退 historical model - but it turns out disastrously sexual!

Neil Warhurst's four-part comedy drama set in the idiosyncratic world of a tourist information office.

WARREN ................ JEFF RAWLE

DOUGLAS ............. MALCOLM TIERNEY

HEATHER............... LIZA SADOVY

LUCY................. JOANNAH TINCEY

BRYAN.................. PAUL BARNHILL

MR JEFFERSON............ STEPHEN HOGAN

Producer: Liz Webb

Waft Tourist Information office battle to justify a huge donation from the Heritage Lottery Fund with a hastily erected papier-mâché historical model.

Waft's tourist Information office try to justify a huge Heritage Lottery Fund donation. Stars Jeff Rawle. From 2009.

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Waft Tourist Information struggle to attract visitors by promoting their most famous local resident, a local doctor who burps - but when a genuinely famous dissolute TV comic stops off for a pee, they are to determined not to let him leave!

Neil Warhurst's four-part comedy drama set in the idiosyncratic world of a tourist information office.

The ancient northern town of Waft appears in the Lonely Planet Guide with the advice: 'Don't bother'. It has more people in the cemetery than living in it, is twinned with a town near Chernobyl and is most often visited by people using the toilet on the way to Alton Towers. So Waft Tourist Information Centre is hardly a hive of activity! But Warren along with the other members of the 'Friends of Waft' each week attempt to solve the endless conundrum of how on earth they can attract visitors to Waft!

WARREN .......................................................................... JEFF RAWLE

DOUGLAS.................................................................. MALCOLM TIERNEY

HEATHER........................................................................... LIZA SADOVY

LUCY ........................................................................ JOANNAH TINCEY

BRYAN ........................................................................ PAUL BARNHILL

RICKY ............................................................................... PHILLIP FOX

GEORGE...................................................................... STEPHEN HOGAN

Producer: Liz Webb

A comedy about the idiosyncratic world of tourist information offices.

Neil Warhurst's comedy drama set in the idiosyncratic world of a tourist information office.

Can Waft's Tourist Information promote the town's burping doctor?

Can Waft's Tourist Information promote the town's most famous resident, a burping doctor? Stars Jeff Rawle. From October 2009.

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Waft Tourist Information introduces local walks for visitors but for the young honeymooning couple, the walks end up being painfully boring and spectacularly dangerous!

Neil Warhurst's comedy about the idiosyncratic world of Tourist Information Offices.

Jeff Rawle stars as Warren, the much put upon manager of Waft Tourist Information. The ancient northern town of Waft appears in the Lonely Planet Guide with the advice: 'Don't bother'. It has more people in the cemetery than living in it, is twinned with a town near Chernobyl and is most often visited by people using the toilet on the way to Alton Towers. So Waft Tourist Information Centre is hardly a hive of activity! But Warren along with the other members of the 'Friends of Waft' each week attempt to solve the endless conundrum of how on earth they can attract visitors to Waft!

Warren - Jeff Rawle

Douglas - Malcolm Tierney

Heather - Liza Sadovy

Lucy - Joannah Tincey

Bryan - Paul Barnhill

Roger - Piers Wehner

Becca..... Emerald O'hanrahan

Producer: Liz Webb

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.

Waft Tourist Information's visitor walks prove boring yet dangerous for a couple.

Waft Tourist Information's visitor walks prove boring yet dangerous for two newlyweds. Stars Jeff Rawle. From November 2009.

A comedy about the idiosyncratic world of Tourist Information Offices.

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Comedy by Neil Warhurst about a tourist information centre in a town with no tourist attractions whatsoever.

Waft Tourist Information resurrects an old Waft tradition, The Day of the Pie, in which the ugliest boy of the village eats a pork pie on the village green.

Warren - Jeff Rawle

Douglas - Malcolm Tierney

Heather - Liza Sadovy

Lucy - Joannah Tincey

Bryan - Paul Barnhill

Tourist Information Machine - Philip Fox

Tyler (Piggy) - Rhys Jennings.

Produced by Liz Webb.

The town of Waft appears in the Lonely Planet Guide with the advice: 'Don't bother'. Stars Jeff Rawle. From November 2009.

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