大象传媒

Bill Bailey stars as Guy Starling, a middle aged man who, after 45 years, and for reasons quite unknown to him, is suddenly revisited by his imaginary childhood friend, Hennikay.

Against all his better judgement and at Hennikay鈥檚 insistence, Guy has gone back to his old school for their Old Boys Reunion dinner. He was sent away there when he was 11 years old and hated every minute of. With its arcane rules, bizarre traditions and ingrained sense of petty snobbery, he has spent his entire adult life trying to outgrow the place. But now he is back, because Hennikay, his oldest friend, who he left behind went he went there, now wants to see what it was like.

When Guy went, Hennikay didn鈥檛 go with him because he believed that imaginary friends weren鈥檛 allowed at school. And he had to endure it alone. But as the evening progresses and he meets fellow old boys - Bennington, Parker and feared school bully, Duckworth - Guy realises that this wasn鈥檛 the case and he wasn鈥檛 as alone as he鈥檚 always assumed he鈥檇 been.

In fact, as Hennikay discovers, the old school halls are ringing with the ghosts of the best friends that the Old Boys thought they鈥檇 left behind.

Bill Bailey returns for the second series of this warm, funny look at childhood, adulthood and some of the follies of modern life - where a man with a confused child in his head might just be the sanest person in the room.

Written by David Spicer

Guy: Bill Bailey
Hennikay: Max Lester
Duckwitt: Alistair McGowan
Parker: Paul Panting
Bennington: Julien Ball
Bingo: Edward Frowde
Lucy: Elizabeth Frowde

Producer: Liz Anstee
A CPL production for 大象传媒 Radio 4