Episode 1: If You Like A Lot Of Chocolate On Your Biscuit...

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Welcome back to Hardacre’s advertising agency, as Edward Rowett’s award-winning sitcom returns for a fourth series. It’s February 2019, nobody’s ever heard of a coronavirus, and Rupert Hardacre hasn’t been seen since Christmas. At the agency, things have been running remarkably smoothly in his absence. Still high on the success of his Christmas campaign for Walton’s department store, Joe (Mathew Baynton) is filling Hardacre’s shoes as creative director, while accounts manager Amanda (Josie Lawrence) is enjoying herself as de facto head of the agency. Only art director Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker) frets about the whereabouts of their missing leader. As Joe discovers the perks of being creative top dog, running with a new crowd and making a new friend (Oliver Chris), everyone begins to ask themselves the same question... Who needs Rupert Hardacre? Cast: Nigel Havers – Hardacre Mathew Baynton – Joe Josie Lawrence – Amanda Rasmus Hardiker – Teddy Oliver Chris – Ace Holly Morgan – Client/Waitress Esh Alladi – Mikey Written by Edward Rowett Directed by Alan Nixon Script edited by Mark Evans Edited and Engineered by Jerry Peal Production Manager: Sarah Tombling Based on an original idea by Edward Rowett and Robert Frimstone Recorded at The Soundhouse Studios, London Produced by Gordon Kennedy An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4