Big Jim & The Figaro Club: BBC Radio Comedy

BBC Radio 4

A classic BBC radio comedy set in a post-war seaside town When Old Ned is finally demobbed, he heads south to the seaside to find work as a builder and joins a special construction team hoping to revive an old town that suffered during the war. This comedy series features a cast of hilarious characters including arch-rivals the Town Hall clerk, Potts, and sanitary inspector, Harold Perkins as well as builders Turps and Chick, and the aptly named local vicar, Trev the Rev. As they try (but fail) to make construction progress, they find themselves hurling insults and then onions when things get a little heated…  This story revels in the highs and lows of post-war Britain. It’s a charming and funny listen where nostalgia meets cynicism, and the future, whilst seemingly bright and bleak in equal measure, is consistently hilarious. Narrator ...... Bernard Cribbins Big Jim ...... Norman Rossington Harold Perkins ...... Roland Curram Old Ned ...... Harold Goodwin Nimrod ...... David John Turps ...... Sylvester McCoy Chick ...... David Beckett Potts ...... Christopher Godwin The Farmer ...... Douglas Blackwell The Farmer’s Daughter/Typist ...... Karen Ascoe Miss Farquhar ...... Hilary Mason French Onion Johnnie ...... Andre Maranne PC Speedworth ...... Norman Mitchell Harry ...... Steven Harrold Miss James ...... Carol Hawkins Plonker ...... Stephen Garlick Trev the Rev ...... Ben Aris Fortescue ...... Norman Bird Written by Ted Walker and Colin Rose Produced by Martin Fisher First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1987

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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