On The Blog
Ist Broadcast 3rd May 2007- June 2007 BBC Radio 2
Repeated on the following Saturday 1.30 pm BBC Radio 2
Director
Dirk Maggs
Producer
Dirk Maggs
Created by
Kris Dyer
Dave Marks
Written by
Andy Taylor
John Langdon
Production
Above the Title
Productions Ltd
Synopsis
All about arch-blogger and wargaming enthusiast "Andrew
Glasgow"
From Radio Times
For time reasons- and fear of what psychosexual, sci-fi stimulated
garbage I might innocently stumble across- I have never read a blog site, not
even one of the many my still-single,middle-aged male freinds have sent me links
to in recent years. Young writers Kris Dyer and Dave Marks have joined forces
with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy producer Dirk Maggs to create this
surreal sitcom, with a satirical twist on the multifaceted absurdities created
by the free for all nature of the internet. Caroline Quentin takes on all the
female roles, which include the terrifying Czech mother of our anti-hero Andrew
Glasgow (played with disturbingly nerdy accuracy by Andy Taylor). He spends
his life writing speculative articles for his local paper, while cruising the
internet for available women and listening to the soothing tones of Chris de
Burgh or Eric "Slowhand" Clapton. When Andrew finally secures an internet
date it is, of course, destined to end in predictable but joyfully painful disaster:the
luscious-sounding beauty with an aristocratic name is not quite what he was
expecting.
Episodes
Episode 1:
Blogger Andrew Glasgow seeks true love online but ends up with
a few rather nasty surprises.
Episode 2:
Andrew Glasgow fights to clear his name after a series of incriminating
rumours are posted online.
Episode 3:
The story continues with Andrew's attempts to thwart his mother's
plans to sell the house.
Episode 4:
Andrew's online research into his family history and his reunion
with an old school flame.
Episode 5:
Andrew's frantic battle to earn some money after mistakenly
ordering a full size Napoleonic-era cannon piece from the website E-buy.
Episode 6:
Andrew is stuck on a train with only his laptop and the great
British public for company.
Cast
Caroline Quentin
Simon Greenall
Andy Taylor
Production Crew
Not known
Recorded at
The Soundhouse
Ltd London England
Music composed & Arranged
Not known
Comment by Dirk Maggs
Nothing yet
Cast Picture
Nothing Yet
Other Items
Postcard by Marc&Anna
What Other's Have Said
"Exquisitely cruel satirical comedy. This is original and twisted and
the don't-miss comedy appointment of the week"
RADIO TIMES
"This is the funniest sitcom since Ed Reardon's Week"
THE SUNDAY TIMES
"Likely to strike a chord with computer-slaves everywhere"
OBSERVER
"... has the verve that made Little Britain, The Mighty Boosh, Seven
Storeys High, Dead Ringers and That Mitchell and Webb Sound
all genuine and deserved radio hits before television paid them heaps more
money and squashed the life out of the lot of them."
TELEGRAPH
"... much funnier than Mitchell & Webb ... has the verve that made
Little Britain, The Mighty Boosh and Dead Ringers all genuine and deserved
radio hits before television squashed the life out of the lot of them."
GILLIAN REYNOLDS, Daily Telegraph, 8th May 2007
"The best comedy on radio since ED REARDON'S WEEK ..."
PAUL DONOVAN, Sunday Times, 7th May 2007
Running Time
6 episodes 30 minutes long 180 minutes total
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