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Cariad Lloyd celebrates Olivia Colman Day with two 4 Extra debuts.

Olivia Colman Day is the nation's newest national holiday, in which people up and down the land celebrate the actor Olivia Colman.

Across Radio 4 Extra on Monday 26th August, Cariad will pick choice programmes from the 大象传媒 Archives, and hear from Colman's friends, fans and colleagues.

In this first section, we hear two Radio 4 Extra Debuts starring Olivia:

"Childs Play" is a pilot last broadcast in 2009 on Radio 4, set in a nursery and written by Lucy Clarke.

"Well That's One Way of Looking at It" was first broadcast in 2004, and is a comedy of self deception about a wife, a husband, and his mistress.

Plus Cariad chats to the comedy writer and Colman super-fan Mollie Goodfellow about her love of Olivia Colman, and we'll hear how Greg James' Radio 4 programme Rewinder celebrated Olivia in 2022.

Olivia Colman Day is produced by Chris Pearson.

Full programme credits:

Child's Play

Pen ...... Olivia Colman
Harry ...... Nicholas Burns
Ruth ...... Daisy Haggard
Rex ...... Matthew Holmes
Vicar ...... Rachel Atkins
Rabbi ...... Geoffrey McGivern
Catholic priest/Imam ...... Ewan Hooper
Joanne ...... Barbara Smith
Darren ...... Bradley Ford

Writer: Lucy Clarke
Producer: Simon Nicholls

Well That's One Way of Looking at It

Patricia .... Brenda Gilhooly
Jane .... Olivia Colman
John .... Kevin Eldon
Other parts played by Paul Panting and John Hasler

Writer: Brenda Gilhooly
Director: Liz Webb

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