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Episode 3

Visitors are expected in Wadenbrook, and a revelation is long overdue. Stars Sheila Hancock and Tim Key. From January 2014.

Visitors are expected in Wadenbrook, and a revelation is long overdue.

Sheila Hancock narrates the bittersweet adventures of the residents of a small town in Northamptonshire.

Written by Katherine Jakeways.

As is well-known: Yorkshiremen wear flat caps and Essex girls wear short skirts; Liverpudlians are scallies and Cockneys are wideboys. Northamptonians gaze wistfully at these stereotypes and wish for an identity of any kind and a label less ridiculous than Northamptonians. Northamptonshire, let us be clear, is neither north, nor south nor in the Midlands. It floats somewhere between the three eyeing up the distinctiveness of each enviously.

Katherine Jakeways gives Northamptonshire an identity. And she waits, eagerly, for her home-county to thank her. And possibly make her some kind of Mayor.

Narrator ...... Sheila Hancock
Rod ...... Tim Key
Frank ...... Rufus Wright
Mary ...... Penelope Wilton
Jonathan ...... Kevin Eldon
Esther ...... Katherine Jakeways
Keith ...... John Biggins
Norman ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Orson ...... Nathaniel Parker
Jan ...... Felicity Montagu

Producer: Steven Canny

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in January 2014.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 10 May 2023 02:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Sheila Hancock
Rod Tim Key
Frank Rufus Wright
Mary Penelope Wilton
Jonathan Kevin Eldon
Esther Katherine Jakeways
Keith John Biggins
Norman Geoffrey Palmer
Orson Nathaniel Parker
Jan Felicity Montagu
Producer Steven Canny
Writer Katherine Jakeways

Broadcasts

  • Mon 6 Jan 2014 11:30
  • Thu 3 Dec 2015 07:00
  • Thu 3 Dec 2015 17:00
  • Fri 4 Dec 2015 05:00
  • Thu 9 Aug 2018 07:00
  • Thu 9 Aug 2018 17:00
  • Fri 10 Aug 2018 05:00
  • Thu 8 Oct 2020 07:00
  • Thu 8 Oct 2020 17:00
  • Fri 9 Oct 2020 05:00
  • Tue 9 May 2023 07:30
  • Tue 9 May 2023 12:30
  • Tue 9 May 2023 17:30
  • Wed 10 May 2023 02:30