The Brig Society: Complete Series 2: Six episodes of the BBC Radio 4 comedy show Audiobook
The Brig Society: Complete Series 2: Six episodes of the BBC Radio 4 comedy show Audiobook
- Marcus Brigstocke, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, William Andrews, Rufus Jones
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- 2014-11-20
- 2 h 48 min
Summary:
**Shortlisted for the BBC Sound Drama Award 2015 for Perfect Scripted Humor (Studio Market)**
In the complete second hit series from the individuals who brought you ‘Cabin Pressure’ and ‘Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off’, stand-up comedian Marcus Brigstocke has been put in charge of a thing! Every week, Marcus finds he’s volunteered to be in charge of the big old matter – the European Union, SOCIAL NETWORKING, the bank operating system, the farming industry – and each week he begins by thinking “Well, it can’t be about The Brig Culture: Total Series 2: Six episodes from the BBC Radio 4 comedy show that challenging, certainly?” and eventually ends up with “Oh – works out it’s utterly difficult and complicated. Who knew…?”. Join him and regular guest celebrities Rufus Jones (“Hunderby”, “Holy Traveling Circus”), William Andrews (“Sorry I’ve Got No Head”) and Margaret Cabourn-Smith (“Miranda”) because they deal with the ills of British society, from legalization of drug and bailing out banks all the way up to the big problems – like why isn’t Lambing Live on all of the year round and what colour robe to wear in his brand-new religion. Written by Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby, Toby Davies, Nick Doody, Dan Tetsell & Steve Punt.
In the first episode, Marcus has got himself elected as a Member of the Euro Parliament. So it is off to Brussels to meet up Europe’s finest parliamentary minds and in addition UKIP. Along the way, he’ll become examining the annals of the EU, its legislative framework, the democratic burden that must be shouldered to promulgate a far more humane society and why so many UKIP members use yellow trousers.
Display Two, and Marcus offers made a decision to create his own SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING site. Please RT. Please Follow. Please Like. Please give all of your details to Google and the Country wide Security Company. And in Display Three, Marcus provides Broken Bad and be a drug seller. He’ll also go on a lengthy personal trip, and on the way he’ll examine the complicated interrelationship between legalization, lifestyle, hypocrisy and cheese.
Show Four, and it’s really both ooh-er and ooh-ar seeing that Marcus offers grasped the bull by the horns and become a farmer. In the end, what could fail? As he himself places it- “Dairy products, livestock, cattle – it’s all grist to my mill.”
In the fifth show, glory be, Marcus Brigstocke has made a decision to form his own religion, predicated on peace, lovingkindness and most likely war. And in the ultimate show of this series, we wish to see you that Marcus Brigstocke has decided to open a bank. Which will be £25 please. If you want to contact our customer helpline… that will be another £25