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Protesting Too Much: BBC Radio Comedy

Heard
1997
Episodes
6
Language
English

Set on the eve of the 1997 general election, bumbling Conservative MP George Dank climbs a tree in protest at the building of a new bypass through his constituency. The protest soon draws all the wrong kind of attention as smears hit the newspaper, orchestrated by the villainous Robbins. To make matters worse, university job cuts are looming, which means George could be soon joined by his scholarly wife, Hermione.

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Hermione’s hero is Dante and she can’t help finding parallels between the poet and her husband. As she falls in love all over again with her formally inept, but now seemingly dashing husband, things get complicated when their daughter Anne comes to join them too… Will the disaster-prone MP ever be able to climb down from his bypass protest? Is Hermione’s instruction of fellow protestors in medieval siege tactics really the best idea? And what on earth will they do with that stuffed owl? The battle rages and George is up a tree - can he save his family, the constituency and moreover, the day?

Protesting Too Much writer Sally Phillips is an actor, comedian, and television presenter. Phillips is known for her roles in Jam &amp

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Episode 1

    No date given · No. 1 · 29 min

  2. Episode 2

    No date given · No. 2 · 29 min

  3. Episode 3

    No date given · No. 3 · 29 min

  4. Episode 4

    No date given · No. 4 · 29 min

  5. Episode 5

    No date given · No. 5 · 29 min

  6. Episode 6

    No date given · No. 6 · 27 min

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