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Barbershopera!

Barbershopera!

  • Radio comedy
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2010
  • 1 episode

Barbershopera is a Radio 4 musical comedy featuring a barbershop quartet that, uniquely, comprises of three guys and a girl. Stars Rob Castell, Tom Sadler, Pete Sorel-Cameron, Lara Stubbs, John Sessions and more.

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Key details

Genre
Comedy
Broadcast
2010
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
1
Stars
Rob Castell, Tom Sadler, Pete Sorel-Cameron, Lara Stubbs, John Sessions, Sam Spedding, John Evanson, Jeremy Limb and more
Writers
Rob Castell, Tom Sadler and Sarah Tipple
Producer
Ben Walker
Company

As the Eurovision Barbershop Contest approaches, manly quartet 'Tony and the Guys' fancy their chances, until their tenor, the eponymous Tony, does a runner. He must be replaced and fast...

As luck would have it, an unemployed opera singing diva comes warbling past with time on her hands and a vocal range uncannily similar to the departed tenor. Hugh invites her to join the ranks and the initial dismay of Al and Frank subsides with the realisation that this lady is also called Toni and can in fact sing!

All that stands between the heroes and the Euro Barbershop prize are their evil Swiss rivals, The Tax Havens. Romance, treachery and close-harmony singing all combine as the play romps towards its thrilling conclusion.

Additional details

Production
Studio

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 3rd May 2010 at 2:15pm on BBC Radio 4
Episode length
45 minutes

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