Whisky-distiller Franca can't choose between the two men in her life, but an unlikely trip to Mars might just make her (omnipresent?) mind up. Oh, and there's also an EXTREMELY annoying character called Mitchum. Title: What Goes On When The Lights Come Back On Main Character: Franca Strange Secret: She's not a human Featured Location: A crater on Mars Sponsored by: The shameless plugging of sausages
Can pious Montgomery save gap year slackers from a fridge-dwelling mouldy monster? Exorcisms, church fairs and questionable breakfast choices abound in this spine-tingling chiller! Title: The Horror of the Refrigerator Main Character: Montgomery Strange Secret: He's a horse Featured Location: An elephant training camp in Thailand Sponsored by: Hair Removal Cream
London's burning and only slippery pyrophobe Ernest can save the day. Sexy calendars, Samuel Pepys and handcuffs all feature in this smoke-choked thriller. Title: The Bearded Man Inside the Cabin Main Character: Ernest Strange Secret: He is a time-travelling magician Featured Location: Tower Bridge, London Sponsored by: Whisky
The BBC kindly (and unwisely) let us have a bash at the airwaves, unleashing our improvised mayhem on a live audience at the Edinburgh Festival. 'Britain Tonight' was the result. Enjoy.
An Antipodean plot fosters Welsh discomfort. Train-driver (and de facto president) Jacob is the only one who can save the day, and the woman he (and his boss) loves. To top it all off, it's his birthday, and EVERYBODY'S drunk. Title: Be Mine (Beer) Main Character: Jacob Strange Secret: He has three legs Featured Location: A mine in South Wales Sponsored by: Soap
Flatulent flame-belcher Joseph attracts the crowds to his animal-unfriendly touring circus, but not all the audience have his (or West Africa's) best interests in mind. Jellyfish pools! Melting Jethro Tull records! Men without beards! It's an African adventure like no other! Title: Farting Fire! Main Character: Joseph Strange Secret: He can't swim Featured Location: A scuba diving shop in Niger Sponsored by: Shaving foam
Subterranean guide Jacob has the homesick blues, but a trail of grape-based destruction across the Outback could lead him to answers about his mother's demise, and perhaps the devil himself. Plus everyone in Australia is part horse. Did we mention that? Title: This Time The Red Wine Is No Excuse Main Character: Jacob Strange Secret: He has lost his skis Featured Location: A pig-farm in Tasmania Sponsored by: Cat food
Abraham is a Potter with artistic pretensions, but a pretentious (former) artist is striving to make it all go to pot. It's the fairytale of the frog prince as you've never heard it before - with Hackneyed puns galore! Title: The Mystical Frog that Fell Down a Well Main Character: Abraham Potter Strange Secret: He has an echo Featured Location: Hospital in Hackney Sponsored by: Chocolate
Corpulent gender-secretive state-hopper Francis (or is it Frances?) is caught up in a devilish plot cooked-up by a certain decadent celluloid pair. Will Vegas be reduced to a graveyard thanks to a killer new show, or can our plucky hero(ine?) avoid being guilty of journalistic accessory to murder? Cretans in hotels, phone-box roulette and hacks in a pen - it's an audio experience to die for in this third episode of series two of The Wireless Podcast! Title: An Evening With Taylors Main Character...
Can ambassadorial assistant Jemima restore the English tongue to its proper form before all hell (and her drunken charge's trousers) breaks loose in Uganda? Big game hunting, Welsh children abroad, saucy carpets, and British pride put to the test - it's all here as lagnauge gtes dsirputed in the dazzling second episode of the second series of The Wireless Podcast! Title: The Fact Dictionary Main Character: Jemima Strange Secret: Cannot Turn Left Featured Location: Brewery Cellar in Uganda Sponso...
It's the brand new series of the Wireless Podcast, kicking off with a horsey tale that plumbs new depths of mystery and adventure. Benjamin's bride heads to finishing school, and seems a changed filly upon her return. Can the day be saved before a Balkan misdemeanour catches up with our rather wet hero? Title: The Invaders of the Brackfield Plumbing Company Main Character: Benjamin Strange Secret: Can choose to be invisible Featured Location: Cheltenham Ladies College Sponsored by: False Beer
Bald bride-to-be-to-be Catherine is cast out by plush-furnishing fancier and follicle-filching patriarch Mr Burston; dashing suitor Phil Ormskirk and personal caddy Throttleneck attempt to reconcile love for Catherine and respect for her father; and the mysterious, swarthy stranger Raoul takes to the skies in this, our eighteenth thrilling tale, of piracy, indentured police officers and chatty hardwood. Title: Phil Walks Down the Street Main Character: Catherine Strange Secret: Her Mother Was a ...
Fatherless young Gerald just wants to be boring with the pretty Prunella, but a Peruvian plot by child-catching Barty and Jeremiah puts all his plans in danger. From an Oxford furniture shop, via the hold of an ocean liner, to the lost city of Machu Picchu, will anyone save our globe-trotting heroes from a certain closet-villain, who takes the notion of the author as God dangerously literally? Title: The Back of the Wardrobe Main Character: Gerald Strange Secret: He steals lepers’ loafers Climac...
Nobel Prize winner-training teacher Geraldo Jimenez must defend St Cuthbert’s School from Grimsby Council’s plans to bulldoze it; town planner Jethro Jelroy and wife grapple with problems of the heart and the hound; while the Jelroy’s son and star pupil Concertine flees into the woods, and a certain soul legend has Grimsby on the mind, in the Wireless Podcast! Title: My Spaniel, Rachel Main Character: Geraldo Strange Secret: He has the heart of a robot Climactic Final Location: The frozen goods ...
Bumbling, big-hearted policeman George receives a tip-off from the unfortunate Mr Ethelred about nefarious goings on in the box-packing factory; gruff, aspiring crimelord Albert Burninger and adolescent accomplice Jonathan discusses the finer points of mixing cocoa; while Sebastian Hough (or is it Hough?) makes an unlikely guinea pig in our eleventh episode, stuffed to the ribs with superfluous tracheotomies, dead dogs and Bevry! Title: ‘The Clockwork Kiwi Fruit Main Character: George Strange Se...
Rhinorrhea-plagued Alejandro Borges De Nada spends the episode encamped in the cab of his truck while lover Piedad wants him to be more honest about the deeds he performs for Mr Pollock; loathsome liquor-leavener Thom Thompson and wife Denise train up threatening beer-exporters; and Education Secretary Sir Humphrey Winkledink suggests improvements for The Bible 2.0, in our tenth, alcohol-suffused podcast! Title: ‘The Smell of the Brewery’ Main Character: Alejandro Strange Secret: He Walks Backwa...
Groom-to-be Adam can’t see past fiancé Genevieve’s Italian ice cream dalliances; Sarah commands Martin to carry out even more extreme engastration than her sister’s Turducken; and Benny the Boy Detective attempts to halt the animal thievery in our ninth rollicking podcast! Title: ‘The Zookeeper’s Son’ Main Character: Adam Strange Secret: He’s Allergic to the Colour Blue Climactic Final Location: The Mars Factory in Slough Sponsored by: Animal Shampoo
Louvre security guard Wilbur has his sights set on curatorship and the hand of the ravissante Cecily, but first, Monsieur Beaujolais needs him to investigate a curious case of materialising art. A shadowy but efficient Dutch Master; a particularly persistent canard; and fourth dimensional exploits in the name of civil engineering all make an impression, while the audience’s childish response to French affirmatives threaten to disrupt the play’s mise-en-Seine. Title: The River That Ran Fast Main ...
Struggling ex-pat actor Timothy goes undercover to prepare for his next role as a mobster, but San Francisco’s Irish kingpins have secret plans of their own. Only his morbid wife Miriam and a string of Hollywood stars will be able to help, as our hero finds himself stuck between a hard place and The Rock. Title: Bicycling In Ireland Main Character: Timothy Strange Secret: He collects monkeys Climactic Final Location: Alcatraz Sponsored by: Cuddly toys
Chronically inept spy Thomas investigates the secretion of unknown weaponry into music cases at the request of Mr Venables; criminal mastermind Rupert sends hydrophilic angoraphile Phyllis to meet a cockney; and the audience’s pre-recording obsession with the number of swimming pools in Senegal (answers here) leads to some inscrutable moments. Title: I’m Sorry Guv’nor Main Character: Thomas Strange Secret: He glows in the dark Climactic Final Location: A music shop in Senegal Sponsored by: Shoe ...
Bridge-decorating train-dodger Geoffrey paints his little cotton socks off for Mr Musselwhite; dastardly Scot Lord Calico asks Mr Quivers to investigate the exodus of Fifers; and Miriam’s personification of fruit and use of hallucinatory surfactant raises questions as to whether she’s a suitable guardian for her son Tommy. Title: The Mystery of the Forth Elephant Main Character: Geoffrey Strange Secret: He loves rabbits Climactic Final Location: Edinburgh Zoo Sponsored by: German Children
Fearless explorer Dr Gringshopp and curious companion Lee Gormenghast journey along the Amazon; gentleman adventurers Snatchladle and Childe concoct the most abominable quest of all; and we walk the perilous tightrope of ex State Governorial lawsuits in our globetrotting fourth episode! Title: Cooking Bananas in a Canoe Main Character: Lee Strange Secret: He does not exist Climactic Final Location: A hut in Alaska Sponsored by: Hair
Godfrey-spurning Scot Ethel finds herself jobless in London; the sinister Russian ‘Master’ and child-henchman Gribble cook up a meteorological plot to steal the crown jewels, and Daniel’s microphone occasionally cuts out in our thrilling third episode! Title: The Rolling Thunder Main Character: Ethel Strange Secret: She is allergic to chocolate Climactic Final Location: The bathroom at Buckingham Palace Sponsored by: Lollipops
Mummy’s boy Oglethorpe turns amateur sleuth; Colin Montgomerie trawls the golf courses of Scotland in search of treasure, and a man’s unfeasibly long legs meet a prolonged, sticky end in our second rip-roaring adventure! Title: Montgomerie’s Quest Main Character: Oglethorpe Strange Secret: He has an S and M Treehouse Climactic Final Location: The Pound Shop in Govan, Glasgow Sponsored by: Lollipops
Bank-founding billionaire Philip Bank encounters a travelling circus; lonely yet beautiful spinster Ms. Velvet looks for love, while 60s rock legends Cream turn to a life of crime in this, our inaugural podcast. Title: Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Cream get the Money Main Character: Philip Strange Secret: He cannot open umbrellas Climactic Final Location: The tunnels under Liverpool Sponsored by: Rubber gloves
