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From assembly instructions to a meeting with Mozart – an all-star cast with a comic take on life. Stars Stephen Fry. From 2018.

An astonishing tour de force of comic imagination and satire.

Martin Jarvis directs Michael Frayn’s masterly comic series,

Featuring an outstanding cast led by Ian McKellen, Joanna Lumley, Stephen Fry, Alfred Molina, Alex Jennings and Jarvis himself.

Michael Frayn - author of Noises Off - is the most comic philosophical writer of our time.

Each episode reveals his infectious delight in writing between the lines of theatre, fiction, TV and the media, the church, relationships - life in general.

* Joanna Lumley opens the series with "assembly instructions"

* Alex Jennings is a subversive theatre director

* Ian McKellen meets Mozart (George Blagden)

* Alfred Molina has security problems with packaging

* Lisa Dillon and Edward Bennett are Gainsborough's Mr and Mrs Andrews National Gallery portrait

* Stephen Fry conducts a weird press interview with Martin Jarvis

* Ian McKellen and Joanna Lumley are Mr and Mrs God.

Director: Martin Jarvis

A Jarvis and Ayres production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2018.

28 minutes

Last on

Sat 6 Aug 2022 12:30

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Credits

Role Contributor
Actor Joanna Lumley
Actor Ian McKellen
Actor Alex Jennings
Actor Alfred Molina
Actor Lisa Dillon
Actor Edward Bennett
Actor Stephen Fry
Actor Martin Jarvis
Writer Michael Frayn
Director Martin Jarvis

Broadcasts

  • Fri 1 Jun 2018 11:30
  • Tue 26 Nov 2019 23:00
  • Wed 11 Nov 2020 07:00
  • Wed 11 Nov 2020 17:00
  • Thu 12 Nov 2020 05:00
  • Sat 14 Nov 2020 12:00
  • Wed 3 Aug 2022 07:00
  • Wed 3 Aug 2022 17:00
  • Thu 4 Aug 2022 05:00
  • Sat 6 Aug 2022 12:30