Damn The Torpedoes!
- Radio sketch show
- BFBS Radio
- 2014 - 2017
- 8 episodes (1 series)
Military themed radio sketch show for the British Forces Broadcasting Service. Stars Alex Lowe, Alex Perkins, Debbie Arnold, Lewis Macleod, Rachel Esposti and more.
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Pilot
Further details
In this pilot episode, sketches range from Action Man trying to obtain a discharge on medical grounds, a landlady inspecting Camp Bastion as the troops prepare to move out, fighter pilots arguing over call signs, tensions with US Forces on joint operations, and Roger Moore being mistaken for the real James Bond.
Messages from loved ones to the front line have to be censored, whilst operational safety messages include dodgy information for opening a bomb disposal centre.
Notes
First broadcast on BFBS Radio 2 at 4:30pm, however the main broadcast across DAB etc was on BFBS Radio at 6:30pm.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 16th April 2014
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BFBS Radio
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Alex Lowe | Various |
| Alex Perkins | Various |
| Debbie Arnold | Various |
| Lewis Macleod | Various |
| Rachel Esposti | Various |
| Steve Hope-Wynne (as Stephen Hope Wynne) | Various |
| Suzanne Bonetti | Various |
| Alison Pritchard | Writer |
| Angela Holford (as Angie Holford) | Writer |
| Dan Sweryt | Writer |
| David Salisbury | Writer |
| Eleanor Green | Writer |
| Jamie Gladden | Writer |
| Neil Tollfree | Writer |
| Stephen Mawhinney | Writer |
| Stephen Holford (as Steve Holford) | Writer |
| Stuart Cooper (as Stu Cooper) | Writer |
| Dan Sweryt | Script Editor |
| Stephen Mawhinney | Script Editor |
| Stuart Cooper (as Stu Cooper) | Script Editor |
| Richard Hatch | Writer |
| Alex Lowe | Writer |
| Alison Pritchard | Producer |
| Richard Hatch | Executive Producer |
| Simon Midgeley | Military Consultant |