True Tales Of Romance And Failure [Woof]

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A Foreign Tongue And The Price Of Luxury20191106A special double bill of bittersweet comic real life stories written and performed by Chris Neill with Martin Hyder and Isy Suttie. This week - the transformative effects of a hard-boiled egg, an encounter with a violinist and... is France the answer?

Written by Chris Neill

Starring: Chris Neill, Isy Suttie and Martin Hyder

Producer: Steve Doherty

A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4

Music:

Title: Dance Away

Perf: The Bryan Ferry Orchestra (from the soundtrack to Babylon Berlin)

Title: C'est Si Bon

Perf: Stanley Black and His Orchestra

Title: Belles, Belles, Belles

Perf: Claude Francois

Title: Les Champs-Elysees

Perf: Joe Dassin

Title: The Swan (from Carnival of the Animals/Saint-Saens)

Perf: Yo-Yo Ma with Kathryn Stott

Title: For Me Formidable

Perf: Charles Aznavour

Track: Needles and Pins

Perf: The Searchers

Track: Hackney Carriage

Perf: Unknown (KPM Light Atmospheres)

Track: What Becomes Of the Broken Hearted?

Perf: Jimmy Ruffin

Track: Cavatina

Perf: Craig Ogden

Track: It Might As Well Rain Until September

Perf: Carole King

Track: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Perf: Neil Sedaka

Track: I Get The Sweetest Feeling

Perf: Jackie Wilson

Track: Forever And Ever

Perf: Demis Roussos

Bittersweet stories written and performed by Chris Neill with Martin Hyder and Isy Suttie.

Comic tales written by Chris Neill.

It's All In A Name And Much Loved Son And Fantasist20191120Bittersweet comic real life stories written and performed by Chris Neill with Martin Hyder and Isy Suttie.

This week - none of us are getting any younger and is kitchen matchmaking on the cards? Also - myopia and its advantages and ... is that an architect I see before me?

Written by Chris Neill

Starring: Chris Neill, Isy Suttie and Martin Hyder

Producer: Steve Doherty

A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4

Music:

Title: Dance Away

Perf: The Bryan Ferry Orchestra

Title: The Way You Look Tonight

Perf: The Jaguars

Title: Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)

Perf: The Stylistics

Title: Matchmaker, Matchmaker

Perf: Marlena Shaw

Title: Twilight Time

Perf: The Platters

Title: It's Raining Again

Perf: Supertramp

Track: Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer

Perf: Johnny Maddox

Track: September Song

Perf: Dion and The Belmonts

Track: Ladyfingers

Perf: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

Track: Lo Sceicco Bianco

Perf: Katyna Ranieri & orchestra

Track: I Don't Feel Like Dancin

Perf: Scissor Sisters

Bittersweet stories written and performed by Chris Neill with Martin Hyder and Isy Suttie.

Comic tales written by Chris Neill.

01A Foreign Tongue20180905Bittersweet comic real life stories written and performed by Chris Neill

Martin Hyder

Isy Suttie

We start with Chris Neill's amusing love life tales including his first love, Pierre-Claude from his school French book, an encounter with a violinist and, is France the answer?

Producer: Steve Doherty

A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2018.

Bittersweet stories written and performed by Chris Neill with Martin Hyder and Isy Suttie.

Comic tales written by Chris Neill.

02It's All In A Name20180912Bittersweet stories written and performed by Chris Neill with Martin Hyder and Isy Suttie.

Comic tales written by Chris Neill.

03The Price Of Luxury20180919A bruising encounter at the greengrocer's and the transformative effects of a hard-boiled egg.

Bittersweet comic real life stories written and performed by Chris Neill.

Isy Suttie

Martin Hyder

Producer: Steve Doherty.

A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2018.

Bittersweet stories written and performed by Chris Neill with Martin Hyder and Isy Suttie.

Comic tales written by Chris Neill.

04Much Loved Son And Fantasist20180926Myopia and its advantages and ... is that an architect I see before me?

Bittersweet comic real life stories written and performed by Chris Neill.

Isy Suttie

Martin Hyder

Producer: Steve Doherty

A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2018.

** Music featured:

Track: Dance Away

Perf: The Bryan Ferry Orchestra

Track: Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer

Perf: Johnny Maddox

Track: September Song

Perf: Dion and The Belmonts

Track: Ladyfingers

Perf: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

Track: Lo Sceicco Bianco

Perf: Katyna Ranieri & orchestra

Track: I Don't Feel Like Dancin

Perf: Scissor Sisters

Bittersweet stories written and performed by Chris Neill with Martin Hyder and Isy Suttie.

Comic tales written by Chris Neill.