Shedtown
TX – BBC Radio 4, Wednesday at 23:02 on 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd of June.
Who hasn’t thought about running away from it all at some time or other? Throwing caution to the wind, wrenching oneself out of a long established orbit to head for the deep space of the unknown?
Barry (Tony Pitts) and Jimmy (Kevin Eldon) haven’t. Until now. Friends since school days in a small town, they find themselves slipping inexorably and almost unconsciously into middle age.
Shedtown is a dream born out of quiet desperation. Throughout the series our wooden icon of escape and isolation the shed becomes a symbol of possibility and change; a new community by the sea where we can circumnavigate the mundane once and for all, and become children again.
Barry……………Tony Pitts
Jimmy & Johnny……Kevin Eldon
Colin….Johnny Vegas
Diane…Suranne Jones
Dave….Shaun Dooley
Eleanor….Ronni Ancona
Deborah Dearden…..Emma Fryer
William….Adrian Manfredi
Carly….Jessica Knappett
Father Michael….James Quinn
Wes….Warren Brown
Petshop Owner… Caron May
Narrator…Maxine Peake
Music…Paul Heaton
Written and created by Tony Pitts
Directed by Jim Poyser
Producer: Sally Harrison
