British Comedy Guide

Retro 1940s comedy-thriller audio serial

Hello all,

Might I politely bring to your attention FILTHY '47, a full-cast four-part audio serial that aims, in its own modest fashion, to go at least some way toward reviving the spirit of the vintage British comedy-thriller - early Hitchcock, Ealing, Launder & Gilliat, etc.

England, 1947. Former Land Girls Joyce and Kay scrape a meagre living as a cover artist and model for lurid pulp paperbacks. While painter Kay prefers the quiet life, the tall and ebullient Joyce still resents being turned down for wartime espionage work on account of her height.

However, Joyce belatedly gets her chance to "do her bit" when, together with two new chums, pilot turned pulp author Peter West and his old comrade Flight Sergeant Byron Bayley, she and Kay stumble upon a sinister plot to plunge the world back into war...

A suitably 1940s-style promo video can be viewed/listened to at:

Plus two excerpts:

If by any chance you've an elderly relative to whom this might possibly appeal, by all means feel free to share.

Kindest regards,

Danvers Nettlefold

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