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A Wholly Holistic Elvis

Elvis feels off colour and Trouble has wind, so fear the worst over an outbreak of Himalayan flu. With Clarke Peters. From 2015.

Elvis is feeling distinctly off-colour and Trouble has terrible wind, so when an outbreak of an obscure new strain of flu from the Himalayas is announced, he fears the worst.

Can traditional medicine help them? Or do man and dog simply need to think positive? The two invalids set out boldly in search of alternative health.

Series two of Elvis McGonagall's daft comic world of poems, mad sketches, satire and facetious remarks, broadcast from his home in the Graceland Caravan Park just outside Dundee.

With the hindrance of his dog Trouble and his friend Susan Morrison, Elvis tries hard to accentuate the positive - but the negative has a nasty habit of coming back to roost with the grim regularity of an unimaginative pigeon.

Elvis MacGonagall ...... Richard Smith
Narrator ...... Clarke Peters
Susan ...... Susan Morrison
Dexter Clarke ...... Roger Lloyd Thompson

With Lewis MacLeod, Gabriel Quigley and Helen Braunholtz-Smith.

Recorded on location, in a caravan on a truly glamorous industrial estate somewhere in Scotland.

Written by Elvis McGonagall with Helen Braunholtz-Smith and Frank Stirling.

Director: Frank Stirling

A Unique Broadcasting production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2015.

15 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
Elvis MacGonagallRichard Smith
NarratorClarke Peters
SusanSusan Morrison
Dexter ClarkeRoger Lloyd Thompson
ActorLewis MacLeod
ActorGabriel Quigley
ActorHelen Braunholtz-Smith
WriterRichard Smith
WriterHelen Braunholtz-Smith
WriterFrank Stirling
DirectorFrank Stirling

Broadcasts

  • Wed 2 Sep 201523:00
  • Wed 13 Jun 201823:15
  • Fri 9 Aug 201923:30