Brett, Simon

Last Edited: 25-Mar-2012 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
All episodes broadcast on BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recordings are good unless otherwise indicated.

See also After Henry.


Charles Paris

Date

Title

Cast

Parameters

Broadcast
Aug 1985
R7:
01-Oct-2004 to

So Much Blood

  1. The Photocall
  2. DUDS on the Fringe
  3. First Lunch
  4. Legal Aid
  5. Last Lunch
  6. Up in the Castle

Francis Matthews, Jennifer Hilary, Alan MacNorton, Harry Landers,
Sarah Corper, Hugh Laurie, Mark Wing-Davie, Michael Maloney,
Billy McCull, Kim Thompson, Frances Lowe, Jeremy Child, Sheila
Mitchell, Fraser Kerr
Adapted by Simon Brett
Produced by Martin Fisher

26:41, 25020, S
26:41, 24816, S
27:00, 25324, S
26:29, 24834, S
25:34, 23982, S
27:36, 25892, S

Broadcast
Aug 1985
R7:
25-Apr-2005 to

Cast in Order of Disappearance

Francis Matthews, Fiona Hendley, Jennifer Hilary, Harry Landers,
Mark Straker, James Bryce, Peter Tottenham, Paul Aikman,
Timothy Carlton, Linda Barron, Sandra Clarke, Victor Mannon,
Maggie McCarthy, Hilda Schroder, Robert Booth, Richard Morant,
David Dixon, Wendy Murray, Mark Jones, Jeremy Child, Anthony
Newlands, Alec Bregonzi, Peter Creel, Geoffrey Collins, Harry
Fowler, Nigel Graham, Eileen Tully, John Strickland
Adapted by Simon Brett
Produced by Martin Fisher

27:09, 25466, S
27:19, 25466, S
27:25, 25618, S
27:29, 25706, S
27:14, 25542, S
27:36, 25886, S

R4:
29-Jan-2010 to
19-Feb-2010

Cast in Order of Disappearance

Bill Nighy, Martine McCutcheon, Suzanne Burden, Jon Glover,
Tilly Gaunt, Kate Layden, Tessa Nicholson, Piers Wehner,
Thomas Arnold, Stephen Hogan, Joseph Cohen-Cole,
Rhys Jennings, Philip Fox, Avril Clark
Dramatised by Jeremy Front
Directed by Sally Avens

28:12, 26448, S
28:13, 26466, S
27:59, 26243, S
28:09, 26394, S

29-Aug-2006 to

Sicken and So Die

Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Jon Glover, Peter Wight, Julian
Rhind-Tutt, Elizabeth Bell, Thomas Wheatley, John Cummins,
Tracy Wiles, Tom Lawrence, Ryan McCluskey, Alex Tregear, Kim Wall
Dramatised by Jeremy Front
Director Sally Avens

28:17, 26528, S
28:08, 26378, S
26:44, 25069, S
27:03, 25368, S

19-Oct-2007 to
09-Nov-2007

Murder Unprompted

Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Danny Webb, Jon Glover, Jemima
Rooper, Liza Sadovy, Rachel Bavidge, Nitin Ganatra, Tilly Gaunt,
Thomas Arnold, Jot Davies, Leslie Philips, Simon Treves, Miranda
Colchester, Jasmin Callan
dramatisation by Jeremy Front
Directed by Sally Avens

28:18, 26534, S
28:22, 26610, S
28:31, 26584, S
28:06, 26347, S

10-Dec-2008 to
31-Dec-2008

Dead Side of The Mic

Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Tilly Gaunt, Jon Glover,
Nicky Henson, Emily Raymond, Chris Pavlo, Charlotte Green,
Jill Cardo, Manjeet Mann, Alex Lanipekun, Dan Starkey,
Donnla Hughes, Paul Rider, Gunnar Cauthrey
Dramatised by Jeremy Front
Directed by Sally Avens

28:15, 26493, S
28:18, 26543, S
28:04, 26316, S
28:14, 26476, S

22-Nov-2010
29-Nov-2010
06-Dec-2010
13-Dec-2010

Murder in the Title

Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Jon Glover, Theo Cross,
Sam Dale, Christine Kavanagh, Sean Baker, Iain Batchelor,
Claire Harry, Henry Devas, Sally Orrock, Leah Brotherhead,
Tony Bell
Dramatised by Jeremy Front
Directed by Sally Avens

27:21, 25657, S
27:16, 25578, S
28:15, 41045, S
28:07, 26376, S

02-Mar-2012
09-Mar-2012
16-Mar-2012
23-Mar-2012

A Reconstructed Corpse

Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Jon Glover, Alex Rivers,
Adam Billington, Francine Chamberlain, Carl Prekopp, Gerard McDermott,
Jane Whittenshaw, Rikki Lawton, Tilly Gaunt, Thomas Arnold,
Christopher Webster, Victoria Inez Hardy, Simon Bubb, Adjoa Andoh,
James Lailey
Dramatised by Jeremy Front
Directed by Sally Avens

27:58, 26168, S
27:39, 25879, S
27:45, 25964, S
27:49, 26026, S

Other Plays

Date

Title

Cast

Parameters

Broadcast
13-Mar-2004
R7:
04-Dec-2009

The Furniture Play

Michael Maloney, Raquel Cassidy, Jim North, Patrick Barlow, Patsy
Byrne, Graham Crowden, Kristin Milward
Directed by Peter Kavanagh

56:55, 53372, S

Broadcast R4:
25-Sep-2004

A Series of Murders

Bill Nighy, Lloyd Hutchinson, Benjamin Whitrow, Helen Longworth,
Jeremy Swift, Ben Crowe, Freddy White, Suzanne Burden, Stephen
Hogan, Jon Glover, Richenda Carey , Alice Hart, Joanna McCallum
Dramatised by Jeremy Front
Directed by Sally Avens

57:26, 53852, S

Broadcast R4:
18-Mar-2005

You Had to be There

Stephen Moore
Directed by Peter Kavanagh

44:12, 41439, S

17-Aug-2005

Cleopatra's Nose

Benjamin Whitrow, Susan Jameson, Ben Tibber, Nick Boulton,
Stuart McLoughlin, Emily Wachter, Kristin Milward, Alex Tregear,
Jonathan Bee, Steven Roberts, Pax Baldwin, Robert Hastie,
Helen Longworth, Ndidi Del Fatti
Directed by Peter Kaff

44:24, 41627, S

25-Feb-2008 to
29-Feb-2008

The Body on the Beach

Read by Joanna Tope
Abridged by Sturat Conn
Produced by David Jackson Young

27:34, 25859, S
27:18, 25605, S
26:57, 25279, S
27:09, 25462, S
27:14, 25537, S

26-Feb-2010
05-Mar-2010
12-Mar-2010

People in Cars

    1. Get Away
    2. Miles on the Clock
    3. Sat Love
    1. Samantha Bond, Angus Imrie, Stephen Critchlow, Tessa Nicholson
    2. Anne Reid, John Sessions
    3. Bruce Alexander, Maureen Beattie

Directed by Peter Kavanagh

27:25, 25705, S

27:29, 25771, S
28:00, 26263, S

26-Aug-2010

Quirks

David Troughton and Tracy-Ann Oberman
Producer: Liz Anstee

43:36, 40879, S