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3. Smarting Up

TrappedSeries 2
Episode 3 of 4

Jenny, an intellectual staff writer on a popular TV soap, unwittingly starts a cultural revolution. Stars Alice Lowe. From 2006.

Frustrated intellectual, Jenny Green, is going nowhere as a staff-writer on the popular, but struggling, TV soap ‘Jesmond Road’.

Then one day, she is presented with the opportunity to take out her frustrations on the soap's script.

In the process, she unwittingly starts a cultural revolution...

More one-off comedy dramas written by, and sometimes featuring, Daniel and Mark Maier

Jenny …. Alice Lowe
Callum/Director …. Matthew Horne
Sam/Reporter …. Steve Furst
Angela/Old Lady…. Jenny Eclair
Dr Berringer/Chunky/Cabbie …. Jim Barclay
Naomi …. Angela Lonsdale
Tyler/Mike/Newsreader/Karl …. Daniel Maier
Nick/Quizmaster/Trey …. Mark Maier

Producer: Claire Bartlett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 17 Sep 202504:30
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