Starring Stephen Tomkinson, Clive Rowe, Nicola Walker, Adrian Scarborough and Meera Syal, with Stephen Powell, Bill Dare, Brian Bovell, Giles New, Rachel Preece, Dan Strauss, and Matthew Little, this series started as a pilot in the Comedy Showcase series (episode 3, broadcast on the 19.3.98 with Stephen Tomkinson, Clive Rown and Doon Mackicham).
:: Series 1
Broadcast on Radio 4 of a Wednezsday morning at 11.30am with repeats in the late night comedy slot on Radio 4 a year later.
Title | Tx. Date | Rpt. Date | Tape Number | Details |
If You Scratch My Back. | 16.2.00 | 3.4.01 | Kenny sees joining a band as his only chance to give up teaching geography, but when a record executive offers him a contract, it turns out that it is not really his music she is interested in. | |
The Perfect Man. | 23.2.00 | 10.4.01 | Bozo takes a break from the band to settle an old boxing score. His replacement proves to be a less than harmonising influence. | |
If You Sack Me, I'll Leave | 1.3.00 | 17.4.01 | Kenny, Johnny and Bozo want to tell Lorelei that she can't always sing lead, but they are not assertive enough. In fact, they are not even assertive enough to buy a book on how to become assertive. | |
The Engagement Party | 8.3.00 | 24.4.01 | The band is on the road to play at a big party - the engagement party of Lorelei's ex. As they cover the miles, they also uncover old scores. |
:: Series 2
Broadcast on Radio 4 of a Tuesday evening at 6.30pm, with repeats in the late night comedy slot at 11.00pm four months later.
Title | Tx. Date | Rpt. Date | Tape Number | Details |
Meet the Wife | 3.7.01 | 27.11.01 | Comedy about a band. Kenny is married and divorced in a day and Johnny decides to make himself more attractive through the power of lying. | |
Fifteen Minutes of Fame | 10.7.01 | 4.12.01 | Comedy about a band. Kenny gets the band onto breakfast television, but its members can't agree whether this is a great opportunity or the skeletal claw of death tapping on the door to oblivion. | |
East Coast Story | 17.7.01 | 11.12.01 | Comedy about a band. Kenny gets the band a booking on a cruise. It may only be a reconditioned destroyer, but Johnny fancies a crack at marrying a wealthy widow and Nelson needs to get away from his separation anxiety group. But Lorelei has just got a part in `West Side Story', back home. | |
The Ballad of Kenny and Christine | 24.7.01 | 18.12.01 | Comedy about a band. The new love of Kenny's life is clever, beautiful and loves singing - so much so that she wants to join the band. This would be great news - if only Nelson, Johnny and Lorelei didn't loathe her. |