{"product_id":"book-ge6w","title":"Ed Reardon's Week: Series 1-4","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first four series of the award-winning BBC Radio 4 comedy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to the world of Ed Reardon, writer and liver of life at the cutting edge - well, above The Cutting Edge, in a one-bedroom flat over a hairdresser's in Berkhamsted that he shares with his his trusty feline companion, Elgar. Divorced, impoverished and embittered, he spends his time penny-pinching, freeloading and ranting at the modern world and the 'moronic 12-year-olds' who run the media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce a promising novelist (his first and last book, \u003ci\u003eWho Would Fardels Bear?\u003c\/i\u003e was turned into a Hollywood movie), he now lives off the royalties of his 1982 episode of \u003ci\u003eTenko\u003c\/i\u003e (£17 per annum) and whatever scraps of freelance work he can coax out of his agents, Felix and Ping. Though consistently mocked by his friend and one-time collaborator Jaz Milvane - who's now become irritatingly rich and successful - Ed battles on with his attempts to finally gain the literary fame and fortune he feels he deserves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these four series, we follow him as he tries to conquer the Christmas book market; falls in love; finds himself in hospital; attempts to secure his inheritance and comes up with a once-in-a-lifetime idea - only to forget where he put it...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by\u003cb\u003e Christopher Douglas \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eAndrew Nickolds\u003c\/b\u003e, this splendidly splenetic sitcom stars \u003cb\u003eChristopher Douglas\u003c\/b\u003e as Ed, with \u003cb\u003eStephanie Cole\u003c\/b\u003e as Olive, \u003cb\u003eJohn Fortune\u003c\/b\u003e as Felix, \u003cb\u003eSally Hawkins\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBarunka O'Shaughnessy\u003c\/b\u003e as Ping and \u003cb\u003ePhilip Jackson \u003c\/b\u003eas Jaz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A masterpiece of comedic melancholy'         \u003cb\u003eThe Stage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCast and credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Simon Nicholls and Dawn Ellis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7 January-11 February 2005 (Series 1), 21 December 2005-25 January 2006 (Series 2), 15 December 2006-19 January 2007 (Series 3), 16 November-21 December 2007 (Series 4)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEd Reardon - \u003cb\u003eChristopher Douglas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOlive - \u003cb\u003eStephanie Cole\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFelix - \u003cb\u003eJohn Fortune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCliff - \u003cb\u003eRonnie Golden\/Simon Greenall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePing - \u003cb\u003eSally Hawkins\/Barunka O'Shaughnessy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJaz Milvane - \u003cb\u003ePhilip Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePearl - \u003cb\u003eRita May\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStan\/Ray - \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Whitehead\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJake - \u003cb\u003eGeorge Dalton\/James Rawlings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEli - \u003cb\u003eAlice Lowe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith Sally Grace, Martin Hyder, Geoffrey McGivern, Dan Tetsell, Melanie Hudson, Emma Kennedy, Vicki Pepperdine, Adam Shipway, Matt Holness, Tom Colebrook, Andy Hamilton, Matthew Holmes, Chris Addison, Joanna Scanlan, Nina Wadia, Angela Wynter, Sean Lock, Paul Richard Biggin, David Cann, Eve Dallas, Alan Ford, Laura Solon, David Warner, Miranda Keeling, Morwenna Banks, Rachel Atkins, Tom Price, Nicola Sanderson, Matt Green, Phil Nice, Peter Marinker, Jon Glover, John-Luke Roberts, Kim Wall, Katy Wix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49357826556208,"sku":"BDge6w","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/ge6w-cover.jpg?v=1762371237","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ge6w","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}