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Christopher Douglas (UK Actor)
Christopher Douglas (born c.1955Dominic Maxwel"Re-opening the grouse season" ''The Times'', 11 December 2006) is a British actor and writer. He is the voice of Ed Reardon in BBC Radio 4's long-running sitcom ''Ed Reardon's Week'', which he co-writes with Andrew Nickolds. ''Ed Reardon's Week'' has completed fourteen series and was the winner of the Broadcasting Press Guild's "Best Radio Programme" award in 2005 and again in 2010. Douglas is also the voice and co-creator of the world's most disappointing cricketer Dave Podmore, a Radio 4 regular since 2017. Other radio credits include a two-part adaptation of George Gissing's ''New Grub Street'', two series of ''Mastering The Universe'', co-written with Nick Newman and starring Dawn French. Also three series of ''Beauty Of Britain'', co-written with Nicola Sanderson and starring Jocelyn Jee Esien. Christopher Douglas writes and directs the improbably long-running career of uber-actor, thesp Nicholas Craig (Nigel Planer) whose autobi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. The station controller is Mohit Bakaya. Broadcasting throughout the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands on FM, LW and DAB, and on BBC Sounds, it can be received in the eastern counties of Ireland, northern France and Northern Europe. It is available on Freeview, Sky, and Virgin Media. Radio 4 currently reaches over 10 million listeners, making it the UK's second most-popular radio station after Radio 2. BBC Radio 4 broadcasts news programmes such as ''Today'' and ''The World at One'', heralded on air by the Greenwich Time Signal pips or the chimes of Big Ben. The pips are only accurate on FM, LW, and MW; there is a delay on digital radio of three to five seconds and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |