Dan Freedman – författare

För Jamie finns det inget viktigare än fotboll, och hans högsta önskan är att bli en av Kingfieldskolans bästa spelare - och när han blir äldre ett äkta fotbollsproffs. Som ny elev på skolan har Jamie extra mycket att bevisa, så varför står inte hans mamma, hans lärare och hans bästa vän på hans sida och stöttar honom? Pressen ökar mer och mer. Har Jamie vad som krävs för att lyckas?

Första delen i en spännande fotbollsserie, skriven av den brittiske fotbollsjournalisten Dan Freedman.

A complete collection of this eclectic puntastic Radio 4 sketch comedy

Bringing together both The Wildebeest Years and Forty Nights in the Wildebeest, this fantastic collection showcases the brilliant, pop-culture-filled and one-liner-rich comedy of Nick Romero and Dan Freedman. From Incy Wincy Quincy, spider pathologist, and The Archers abroad (and in a new sci-fi format) to an amoebic Top Gear, Richard Coles as Robin Would, and a family of salad starring in Tossed in Space, the cabaret-style show features music from the house band, The Gents, and is full of wit, fun, and all the puns you could ever need.

In Forty Nights in the Wildebeest, Dan and Nick offer up a sheep version of Star Trek, an American Blackadder, and a very serious probing of the French Revolution, just in time to eavesdrop on some Radio 4 newsreaders after hours, before taking a quick visit to the Planet of the Grapes.

Dan Freedman has previously worked on The Now Show, The Minister of Chance, and the award-winning Stephen Fry webcast Death Comes to Time; Nick Romero has written and performed for The Now Show, I Think I''ve Got a Problem, and The Cornwell Estate. This fast-paced show is perfect for all comedy fans of Small Scenes, The Hudson and Pepperdine Show, and Galton and Simpson, and will leave you asking: what did Frankenstein have to do with the death of the dinosaurs?...

Cast and credits

Featuring Dan Freedman, Nick Romero, and Richard Coles

Written by Dan Freedman and Nick Romero

Music by The Gents

Produced by Julian Mayers

Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4:

Wildebeest Years: 5 August - 16 September 1998

Forty Nights in the Wildebeest: 11 April - 16 May 2000

©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

The swashbuckling exploits of Edwardian occultist and adventurer Lord Zimbabwe, written by and starring Nick Romero and Dan Freedman

Laugh out loud at this 2000s sitcom featuring the outrageous time travelling Edwardian Lord Zimbabwe (Nick Romero), and his friend the German inventor Doctor Lilac (Dan Freedman). This pacy comedy has the travelling duo racing across space and time solving mysteries and thwarting evil enemies with the help (or lack thereof) of Zimbabwe’s butler, Theremin, who refuses to carry out any of his instructions, and Schrödinger, a semi-corporeal cat that exists in a superposition of quantum states of life and death.

First stop on the adventure is Ancient Egypt, where Lord Zimbabwe must swash a buckle or two! The tackiest Pharaoh civilisation ever created experiences an untimely death and unwittingly unleashes an evil curse on humanity - will the intrepid adventurers be able to save the day as well as the damsel? There is barely time for a hot buttered crumpet and a cup of tea when a mysterious Countess begs Lord Zimbabwe to win back her soul from the Lord of the Underworld. The stakes are high – if the soul is not retrieved, the Countess is destined to become a Barry Manilow fan for eternity… Soon after, the beautiful Miss Clanton summons the occultist over the seas of time to the Wild West and the town of Tombstone, where her evil uncle, the Waffle Barron is set on dastardly acts. Despite his trusty butler Theremin, refusing to carry out any of his commands, Lord Zimbabwe presses on and faces his greatest challenge yet when an American heiress is subject to a cruel alien abduction and taken into space - will Zimbabwe and Dr Lilac successfully be able to reach the moon and save her? And more importantly, will they be back in time to feed Schrödinger?

This delightful comedy, written by award-winning duo Nick Romero and Dan Freedman, famous for their fast jokes and clever puns, will have you laughing from here to there and back again.

Cast and credits

Written by Dan Freedman and Nick Romero

Produced by Helen Williams

Lord Zimbabwe - Nick Romero

Dr Lilac - Dan Freedman

Theremin/Ringo - Peter Donaldson

Professor Cockcroft/Contessa Del Monte/Miss Clanton - Sophie Aldred

Priest/Vicar - Colin Guthrie

Ike Clanton/Cletus - Owen Oakeshott

Other parts played by the cast.

First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 11 Jul - 1 Aug 2000

©2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Jamie har en viktig match framför sig och allt att vinna – talangscouter från stjärnklubbarna ska komma och titta på spelarna under matchen! Han brinner av iver att få visa upp sina talanger men upptäcker snart att tränaren har ett rejält horn i sidan till honom. Har Jamie förlorat sin chans att visa vad han går för redan innan matchen kan börja?

Den andra delen i serien om Jamie Johnson, skriven av fotbollsjournalisten Dan Freedman.

Det snackas och spekuleras mycket kring Jamie numera. Alla som vet något om fotboll kallar honom en av landets mest lovande spelare. Media och fans följer varje steg han tar, och själv kan han knappt fatta hur mycket hans liv har förändrats. Ändå är det bara början - för den största utmaningen i Jamies karriär väntar alldeles bakom hörnet ...

Den tredje delen i serien om Jamie Johnson, skriven av fotbollsjournalisten Dan Freedman.