Dead Ringers: Series 17 plus Christmas Specials: The BBC Radio 4 impressions show Audiobook
Dead Ringers: Series 17 plus Christmas Specials: The BBC Radio 4 impressions show Audiobook
- Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey, Lewis Macleod, Debra Stephenson
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- 2018-03-01
- 3 h 42 min
Summary:
The entire Series 17 of the award-winning BBC Radio 4 impressions show – plus two Christmas special episodes
Dead Ringers earnings with more clear, topical ointment comedy in these 8 displays, featuring all six episodes from Series 17 as well as both 2017 Christmas specials. Impressions and caricatures will be the captivating courtiers of explosively satirical truth-bombs as Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis MacLeod, Debra Stephenson and Duncan Wisbey take on the worlds of politics and entertainment.
There’s about Dead Ringers: Series 17 plus Christmas Special deals: The BBC Radio 4 impressions display some post-election skewering for Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn and Tim Farron; ‘Arlene from Belfast’ calls Moneybox Live for guidance about her sudden windfall; and gossipy ‘Govey’ leaves back-stabbing answerphone communications for Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Timber. Plus, White Home Press Secretary Sean Spicer receives a late-night phone call; Hilary Mantel joins Gardeners’ Query Time; and David Sedaris and Alan Bennett possess a biscuit-off…
The two Christmas editions feature HM The Queen, Dame Joan Bakewell and ‘Brexit Bulldog’ David Davis, aswell as looking at how Britain’s media would cope if Donald Trump pushed the button.
Produced by Costs Dare
Compiled by Tom Jamieson, Nev Fountain, Tom Coles, Ed Amsden, Sarah Campbell, Laurence Howarth, Wayne Bugg, Laura Main, Maximum Davis and Jack Bernhardt
First broadcast about BBC Radio 4, 16 June – 21 July 2017 (Series 17) and 22 – 29 Dec 2017 (Xmas Specials)