In the Red, In the Balance, In the Chair, In the End

Last Edited: 17-Apr-2015
A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Four programs written by Mark Tavener with Peter Baynham in the first series. A fifth program, Absolute Power, is separately cataloged.

In the Red
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
05-Jan-1995
BBC R7
1
Third Bank Manager Killed,
Graham Addison Fourth
Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Peter Woodthorpe, Stephen
Moore, Julian Rhind Tutt, Nicholas le Prevost, Susie Brann,
Alice Arnold, Benjamin Whitrow, Eva Stuart, Peter
Serafinowicz, David Antrobus, Annabel Mullion
Writer: Mark Tavener and Peter Baynham
Editor: Scott Cherry
Director: Paul Schlesinger
27:43, 26000, S
12-Jan-1995
BBC R7
2
Mr. Jeremy Inchcape Shot
by Coin
Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Stephen Moore, Julian Rhind
Tutt, Peter Woodthorpe, Stephen Fry, John Bird, Benjamin
Whitrow, Nicholas le Prevost, Susie Brann, Alice Arnold, Peter
Serafinowicz, Annabel Mullion, Jonathan Keeble, Gavin Muir
Writer: Mark Tavener and Peter Baynham
Editor: Scott Cherry
Director: Paul Schlesinger
27:34, 25903, S
19-Jan-1995
BBC R7
3
Mr. Oswald Nicholas Chokes
on a Coin
Junior Minister Killed in Parliament
Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Peter Woodthorpe, Stephen
Moore, Stephen Fry, John Bird, Benjamin Whitrow, Julian
Rhind Tutt, Peter Serafinowicz, Nicholas le Prevost, Eva
Stuart, Alice Arnold, Simon Greenall, Oliver Senton, Peter
Yapp, Toby Longworth, Geoffrey Holland, Tim Hope
Writer: Mark Tavener and Peter Baynham
Editor: Scott Cherry
Director: Paul Schlesinger
27:20, 25636, S
26-Jan-1995
BBC R7
4
George and Max Crash
Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Peter Woodthorpe, Stephen
Moore, Stephen Fry, John Bird, Victoria Carling, Benjamin
Whitrow, Julian Rhind Tutt, Susie Brann, Peter Serafinowicz,
Nicholas le Prevost, Alice Arnold, Annabel Mullion, Jonathan
Keeble, Don McCorkindale, Tim Hope
Writer: Mark Tavener and Peter Baynham
Editor: Scott Cherry
Director: Paul Schlesinger
27:35, 25875, S
02-Feb-1995
BBC R7
5
Tal Botting Canvassing/Killing
Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Peter Woodthorpe, Stephen
Moore, Stephen Fry, John Bird, Ian McNeice, Victoria Carling,
Benjamin Whitrow, Julian Rhind Tutt, Susie Brann, Eva Stuart,
Peter Serafinowicz, Nicholas le Prevost, Alice Arnold, Peter
Yapp, Richard Turner, Tim Hope
Writer: Mark Tavener and Peter Baynham
Editor: Scott Cherry
Director: Paul Schlesinger
27:44, 26003, S
09-Feb-1995
BBC R7
6

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Peter Woodthorpe, Stephen
Moore, Stephen Fry, John Bird, Benjamin Whitrow, Victoria
Carling, Julian Rhind Tutt, Ian McNeice, Jane Slavin, Peter
Serafinowicz, Geoffrey Whitehead, Nicholas le Prevost,
Alice Arnold, Gavin Muir, Richard Turner, Tim Hope
Writer: Mark Tavener and Peter Baynham
Editor: Scott Cherry
Director: Paul Schlesinger
27:54, 26164, S
16-Feb-1995
BBC R7
7

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Peter Woodthorpe, Stephen
Moore, Stephen Fry, John Bird, Benjamin Whitrow, Susie
Brann, Victoria Carling, Julian Rhind Tutt, Ian McNeice, Peter
Serafinowicz, Alice Arnold, Geoffrey Whitehead, Paul Shearer,
Tim Hope
Writer: Mark Tavener and Peter Baynham
Editor: Scott Cherry
Director: Paul Schlesinger
27:59, 26244, S

In the Balance
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
06-Feb-1997
BBC R7
1

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Jeremy Clyde, Jim Carter,
Robert Bathhurst, Susie Brann, Christian Rodska, Geoffrey
Whitehead, Kim Wall, Tracy Ann Oberman, Alison Pettit,
loan Meredith, Chris Pavlo, Harriet Katz
Writer: Mark Tavener
Editor: Scott Cherry
Director: Paul Schlesinger
27:50, 26104, S
13-Feb-1997
BBC R7
2

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Peter Woodthorpe, Jim Carter,
Jeremy Clyde, Robert Bathhurst, Susie Brann, Christian
Rodska, Joanna Monro,
loan Meredith, Chris Pavlo, Kim Wall,
Tracy Ann Oberman, Harriet Katz
Writer: Mark Tavener

Editor: Scott Cherry
Director: Paul Schlesinger
27:39, 25928, S
20-Feb-1997
BBC R7
3

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Peter Woodthorpe, Jim Carter,
Jeremy Clyde, Robert Bathhurst, Susie Brann, Christian
Rodska, Geoffrey Whitehead,
loan Meredith, Chris Pavlo, Tracy
Ann Oberman,
Shirley Dixon, Keith Wickham
Writer: Mark Tavener

Editor: Scott Cherry
Director: Paul Schlesinger
27:45, 26030, S
27-Feb-1997
BBC R7
4

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Peter Woodthorpe, Jim Carter,
Jeremy Clyde, Robert Bathhurst, Susie Brann, Christian
Rodska,
Joanna Monro, Giancarlo Ciccone, loan Meredith,
Stephen Thorne,
Peter Donaldson
Writer: Mark Tavener

Editor: Scott Cherry
Director: Paul Schlesinger
27:42, 25980, S
06-Mar-1997
BBC R7
5

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Peter Woodthorpe, Jim Carter,
Jeremy Clyde, Robert Bathhurst, Susie Brann, Christian
Rodska,
Joanna Monro, Dave Lamb, Tracy-Ann Oberman,
Alex Lowe, Christopher Scott,
loan Meredith, Alice Arnold
Writer: Mark Tavener

Editor: Scott Cherry
Director: Paul Schlesinger
27:19, 25614, S
13-Mar-1997
BBC R7
6

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Peter Woodthorpe, Jim Carter,
Jeremy Clyde, Robert Bathhurst, Susie Brann, Christian
Rodska,
Joanna Monro, Dave Lamb, Sean Baker, Stephen
Thorne, 
loan Meredith, Charlotte Green
Writer: Mark Tavener

Editor: Scott Cherry
Director: Paul Schlesinger
27:36, 25888, S

In the Chair (see Absolute Power as a sequel)
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
05-Jun-1998
BBC R7
1

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, John
Bird, Richard Griffiths, Rebecca Front, Kenneth Cranham,
Susie
Brann,
Peter Woodthorpe, Geoffrey Whitehead, Jonathan Keeble,
Simon Greenall, Brian Parr, Henrietta Garden
Writer: Mark Tavener

Director: Paul Schlesinger
28:12, 26446, S
12-Jun-1998
BBC R7
2

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, John
Bird, Richard Griffiths, Rebecca Front, Kenneth Cranham,
Susie
Brann,
Peter Woodthorpe, Geoffrey Whitehead, Jonathan Keeble,
Simon Greenall, Brian Parr, Henrietta Garden, Darren Boyd,
Rachel Atkins, Harriet Cass
Writer: Mark Tavener

Director: Paul Schlesinger
27:00, 25326, S
19-Jun-1998
BBC R7
3

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, John
Bird, Richard Griffiths, Rebecca Front, Kenneth Cranham,
Susie
Brann,
Peter Woodthorpe, Geoffrey Whitehead, Jonathan Keeble,
Simon Greenall, Darren Boyd, Rachel Atkins, John Rowe, Harriet Cass
Writer: Mark Tavener

Director: Paul Schlesinger
27:26, 25730, S
26-Jun-1998
BBC R7
4

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, John
Bird, Richard Griffiths, Rebecca Front, Kenneth Cranham,
Susie
Brann,
Simon Greenall, Darren Boyd, John Rowe, Chris Pavlo,
John Humphrys, Andrew Crawford,
Harriet Cass
Writer: Mark Tavener

Director: Paul Schlesinger
28:02, 26292, S
03-Jul-1998
BBC R7
5

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, John
Bird, Richard Griffiths, Rebecca Front, Kenneth Cranham,
Susie
Brann,
Peter Woodthorpe, Simon Greenall, Darren Boyd, Brian
Parr, Henrietta Garden
, Harriet Cass
Writer: Mark Tavener

Director: Paul Schlesinger
26:56, 25286, S
10-Jul-1998
BBC R7
6

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, John
Bird, Richard Griffiths, Rebecca Front, Kenneth Cranham,
Susie
Brann,
Peter Woodthorpe, Simon Greenall, Darren Boyd, Brian
Parr, Henrietta Garden
, Dave Lamb, Harriet Cass
Writer: Mark Tavener

Director: Paul Schlesinger
26:38, 24980, S

In the End
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
18-Nov-1999
BBC R7
1

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Jonathan Coy, Anton Rodgers,
Rebecca Front, Simon Greenall, Jessica Oyelowo, Peter Woodthorpe,
Hugh Parker, Neil McCaul, Chris Pavlo, Beth Chalmers, Harriet Cass
Writer: Mark Tavener
produced by Dawn Ellis
27:22, 25662, S
25-Nov-1999
BBC R7
2

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Jonathan Coy, Stephen Fry, John Bird,
Anton Rodgers, Rebecca Front, Simon Greenall,
Phil Cornwell, Michael
Fenton Stevens,
Peter Woodthorpe, Hugh Parker, Neil McCaul, Chris
Pavlo, Beth Chalmers, Harriet Cass
Writer: Mark Tavener
produced by Dawn Ellis
27:55, 26184, S
02-Dec-1999
BBC R7
3

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Jonathan Coy, Stephen Fry, John Bird,
Anton Rodgers, Rebecca Front, Jessica Oyelowo, Simon Greenall,
Phil
Cornwell, Michael Fenton Stevens,
Peter Woodthorpe, Hugh Parker,
Chris Pavlo, Martin Hyder, Beth Chalmers, Andrew Crawford, Harriet Cass
Writer: Mark Tavener
produced by Dawn Ellis
27:53, 26150, S
09-Dec-1999
BBC R7
4

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Jonathan Coy, Stephen Fry, John Bird,
Anton Rodgers, Rebecca Front, Jessica Oyelowo, Simon Greenall,
Michael
Fenton Stevens,
Peter Woodthorpe, Hugh Parker, Neil McCaul,
Chris Pavlo, David Holt, Beth Chalmers, Harriet Cass
Writer: Mark Tavener
produced by Dawn Ellis
28:03, 26312, S
16-Dec-1999
BBC R7
5

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Jonathan Coy, Stephen Fry, John Bird,
Anton Rodgers, Rebecca Front, Jessica Oyelowo, Simon Greenall, Phil
Cornwell, Michael Fenton Stevens, Hugh Parker, Chris Pavlo, Martin
Hyder, David Holt, Gemma Saunders, Harriet Cass
Writer: Mark Tavener
produced by Dawn Ellis
27:44, 26014, S
23-Dec-1999
BBC R7
6

Michael Williams, Barry Foster, Jonathan Coy, Stephen Fry, John Bird,
Anton Rodgers, Rebecca Front, Jessica Oyelowo, Simon Greenall, Harry
Towb, Phil Cornwell, Michael Fenton Stevens, Hugh Parker, David Holt,
Beth Chalmers, Harriet Cass
Writer: Mark Tavener
produced by Dawn Ellis
28:02, 26296, S

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