Big Jim And The Figaro Club
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 1987
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Comedy series set on a seaside town building site during the booming but restrictive post-war 1950s. Stars Norman Rossington, Roland Curram, Harold Goodwin, David John, David Beckett and more.
Big Jim And The Figaro Club
Bernard Cribbins stars in this classic BBC comedy set in a post-war seaside town
Featuring Norman Rossington as Big Jim, listen to these six funny and anarchic tales from those demob days "when we was going to build the new Jerusalem - you know, before the world turned lax and sour". Set on the building site of a seaside town in the 1950s, and narrated by comedy legend Bernard Cribbins, this is classic BBC comedy at its best.
When Old Ned is finally demobbed, he heads south to the seaside to find work as a builder and joins a special construction team hoping to revive an old town that suffered during the war. This comedy series features a cast of hilarious characters including arch-rivals the Town Hall clerk, Potts, and sanitary inspector, Harold Perkins as well as builders Turps (played by Doctor Who actor Sylvester McCoy) and Chick, and the aptly named local vicar, Trev the Rev. As they try (but fail) to make construction progress, they find themselves hurling insults and then onions when things get a little heated...
This story revels in the highs and lows of post-war Britain. It's a charming and funny listen where nostalgia meets cynicism, and the future, whilst seemingly bright and bleak in equal measure, is consistently hilarious.
First released: Thursday 29th August 2024
- Distributor: BBC Digital Audio
- Minutes: 165
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