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All-star comedy about an ageing rock star and his search for fulfilment, written by Nick Hornby and Giles Smith
Dave Mabbutt is having a crisis. He’s the richest man in Britain, a bona fide rockstar with fans, fame and fortune. He even has a personal assistant called Mr. Tumble, who is in fact an elephant - but he’s not happy. When you have more money than sense life can have hilarious consequences. And how rock and roll does it really feel to have your mum at every gig?
Dave’s crisis begins when he is persuaded to preview his ''drums-only'' version of 1970s classic album, ‘Temple of the Human Mind’. Things don’t go to plan when he introduces ex-lead singer Andy to his new best friend and personal assistant, Mr Tumble the elephant. However, this is nothing compared to the drama that is unleashed when Dave’s mum is kidnapped. On the plus side, the international crisis does provide the perfect excuse to get rid of shed-loads of cash and take a trip overseas. Yet when the richest man in Britain buys some last-minute holiday Euros it promptly brings down the entire global monetary system…
Written by Nick Hornby and Giles Smith, this radio comedy series stars Mark Williams (best known as Mr Weasley in the Harry Potter films) and Russell Tovey (star of TV’s Being Human) with a stellar line up of supporting cast members including Lydia Bellingham, Noddy Holder and Rosamund Pike, this is a laugh-out-loud comedy not to be missed.
Writer Nick Hornby is a best-selling author with many of his books being adapted for film, including High Fidelity, About a Boy and Fever Pitch. Giles Smith is a Sunday Times journalist, New Statesman columnist and the writer of three books including Lost in Music, about life and growing up with music.
Episode list:
· The Interview
· The Elephant in the Room
· The Kidnap
· The African Village
· The Cultural Attache
· The Meltdown
Cast and credits
Written by Nick Hornby and Giles Smith
Produced by Lucy Armitage
Dave Mabbutt - Mark Williams
Dom - Russell Tovey
Dave''s Mum - Lynda Bellingham
Jane the Guardian Journalist - Kerry Fox
Andy - Noddy Holder
The Lawyer - Gus Brown
Mr Green the Banker - Geoff McGivern
Dimitri the Kidnapper/Ken the Maintenance Man - Phil Cornwell
Sophie/Waiter - Matt Addis
Naomi, the Charity Worker - Ayesha Antoine
Francesca, The Cultural Adviser - Rosamund Pike
First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 6 Nov-11 Dec 2009
©2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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Brought to you by Penguin.''In the Spring of 1989, shortly after my twenty-seventh birthday, as I stood in the sleet at a bus stop in Colchester, it dawned on me that I had probably, all things considered, failed in my mission to become Sting. At least, for the time being.''Lost in Music is about growing up with pop music - about hearing it, buying it, loving it, and attempting to play it in public for money. A brilliant combination of the confessional and the unapologetic, this is a book for anyone who has ever treasured vinyl, or sung into a roll-on deodorant in front of the bedroom mirror and dreamed of playing Wembley.Praise for Lost in Music''Very, very funny . . . Giles Smith is a wonderful writer'' Nick Hornby''A wonderfully funny pop-music memoir . . . You don''t have to know who Nik Kershaw is to laugh out loud at the chapter about him'' Sebastian Faulks, Spectator''One of the best books about music that you will ever read . . . It is impossible to read Lost in Music without laughing out loud'' Daily Telegraph©2023 Giles Smith (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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