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Mum, Will You Shut Up Please Now You're Dead?

Episode 3 of 6

Tony meets wandering corpses and visits a deranged teenage sweetheart. Nick Revell's epic saga with Peter Gunn. From 1997.

Nick’s sister Jane is so upset over his return to the family fold after 10 years, that she suffers a severe nose bleed.

His mother is so upset that she falls down dead on the spot.

To cap it all, Tony's best friend Dave is now leader of the Morris Dancing Survivalist Militia.

It's high time our hero paid a visit to his teenage sweetheart, the Bronte obsessed Emily, who has waited patiently for his return.

Nick Revell's epic comedy saga continues.

Tony ...... Nick Revell
Jane ...... Alison Steadman
Emily ...... Claire Skinner
Obadiah ...... David Swift
Alice ...... Maggie Steed
Dave ...... Peter Serafinowcz
Mrs Womersley ...... Joanna Brooks
Joanna ...... Natalie Walter
Jeff ...... Peter Gunn
The Narrator ...... Alistair McGowan

Music composed by Paul Mottram.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997.

30 minutes

Last on

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