Episode 6

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The ninth series of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is very different to the previous eight. It's still written by John Finnemore, "one of our best sketch writers", (The Observer), and performed by him with "a great supporting cast of Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan" (The Telegraph), and there are still sketches and songs. But, with no live studio audience this year, John has taken the opportunity to try something completely new Every episode in this series of Souvenir Programme is made up of scenes from one person's life, played in reverse order. There's no narrative to the episode; it's still a sketch show, not a sitcom. For this final episode, we jump between the lives of those five characters - Russ, Deborah, Jerry, Vanessa and Newt - and jump back and forth in time, Written and performed by ... John Finnemore Newt ... John Finnemore Russ ... Lawry Lewin Deborah ... Margaret Cabourn-Smith Jerry ... Simon Kane Vanessa ... Carrie Quinlan Other parts played by the cast. Original music composed by .... Susannah Pearse Original music performed by ... Susannah Pearse and Sally Stares Recorded and edited by ... Rich Evans at Syncbox Post Producer: Ed Morrish A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2021.