Cracking Up
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2017 - 2019
- 7 episodes (2 series)
Comedy about a psychotherapist who thinks he has the answers, if only his ex-wife and kids would listen. Stars Michael Hobbs, Betty Daukes, Katherine Jakeways, Jack Burke, Jay Simpson and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 3 - Revision Express
Further details
Dylan has exams looming and, like many teenage boys, is finding the whole work/life balance tricky to negotiate. Spencer has problems of his own as his flat has been pumped full of raw sewage and he decides to kill two birds with one van. He parks a mobile home on the family drive emblazoned with a sign that reads Revision Express.
He proposes to aid Dylan's revision with a technique known as appetitive stimulus. Despite Tilly's observation that "I think he's already started...I'm sure that's why he spends so long in the bathroom", it turns out to be a system of rewards that Spencer covertly places in Dylan's wardrobe.
So basically - bribery.
Things start badly as Dylan's friend Jamal takes a picture of Spencer emerging proudly from the Revision Express in a peaked cap and uniform and uploads it to Instagram where it immediately goes viral and sprouts memes of Spencer as (among other things) a zookeeper and Hitler.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 17th May 2017
- Time
- 11pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 15 minutes
Cast & crew
Michael Hobbs | Spencer |
Betty Daukes | Tilly |
Katherine Jakeways | Tina |
Jack Burke | Dylan |
Jay Simpson | Owen |
Rebecca Clay | Clare |
Paul Shearer | Sean |
Johnny Daukes | Narrator |
Pepper Daukes | Mrs Roberts |
Oscar Donovan | Actor |
Johnny Daukes | Writer |
Johnny Daukes | Producer |
Johnny Daukes | Composer |