Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | 01 | You Suck Bush | 20051005 | 20070822 (R4) | Six chapters, by six different authors.
All of them imaginary. All of them straight out of the bestseller charts.
None of them very good.
Chapter 1 of "You Suck Bush": an autobiographical account of radical campaigning film maker Chuck Morris's trip to the Hay-on-Wye literary festival.
Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
Starring:
Michael Brandon
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
Six chapters, by six different authors. All of them imaginary. None of them very good. Literary spoof series by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell |
| 03 | 02 | The De Niro Code | 20051012 | 20070808 (R4) | Six chapters, by six different authors.
All of them imaginary. All of them straight out of the bestseller charts.
None of them very good.
This time, we enter a shadowy world of papal conspiracies and numerological secrets in chapters 1 to 10 of "The De Niro Code".
Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
Starring:
Michael Brandon
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
Papal conspiracies and other secrets in Chapters 1 to 10 of the De Niro Code. Literary spoof series by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell |
| 03 | 03 | The Tu'penny Ha'penny Heiress | 20051019 | 20070815 (R4) | Six chapters, by six different authors.
All of them imaginary. All of them straight out of the bestseller charts.
None of them very good.
This time: a romantic, North-East based family saga,
Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
Starring:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
North-East based family saga spoof. Staring Rebecca Front. Literary spoof series by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell |
| 03 | 04 | A Posset Full of Death | 20051102 | 20070829 (R4) | Six chapters, by six different authors.
All of them imaginary. All of them straight out of the bestseller charts.
None of them very good.
This time: a medieval monastic murder mystery, as Edith Plunger reads from her historical thriller.
Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
Starring:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.
Edith Plunger reads from her historical thriller. Stars Rebecca Front. Literary spoof series by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell |
| 03 | 05 | Deadline: News | 20051026 | 20070905 (R4) | Six chapters, by six different authors.
All of them imaginary. All of them straight out of the bestseller charts.
None of them very good.
This time: the exciting world of the BBC foreign correspondent, as John Thomas reads from his autobiography: Deadline: News.
Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
Starring:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
John Thomas reads from his autobiography: Deadline: News. Stars Michael Fenton Stevens. Literary spoof series by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell |
| 03 | 06 | Forbidden Fire | 20051109 | 20070912 (R4) | Six chapters, by six different authors.
All of them imaginary. All of them straight out of the bestseller charts.
None of them very good.
This time: the tale of a young woman's sexual awakening.
The bestselling author "Anonymous" reads from a specially adapted version of Forbidden Fire.
Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
Starring:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.
A publisher's assistant finds older men irresistible in this erotic fiction teaser. Literary spoof series by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell |