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Radio 4,06 Apr 2021,28 mins

SeriesSeries 4

Episode 6: Join Our Club

Reluctant Persuaders

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It’s the biggest night of Joe Starling’s (Mathew Baynton) life. After a rough year, his work has been nominated for one of advertising’s most prestigious awards - an A&D Pen. Joe, Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Amanda (Josie Lawrence), and Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker) arrive at the ceremony to eat, drink, and be merry – and celebrate the agency’s rise to respectability. But when a familiar foe resurfaces (Martin Jarvis) things begin to veer off course, and what should be a night of triumph turns into one of recrimination and revelation, that threatens the future of Hardacre’s itself. Cast: Nigel Havers – Hardacre Mathew Baynton – Joe Josie Lawrence – Amanda Rasmus Hardiker – Teddy Martin Jarvis – Charles Blackwell Victoria Rigby – MC Olivia Penhallow – Waitress 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

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