Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2002 - 2019
- 31 episodes (5 series)
Radio sitcom starring Marcus Brigstocke as Giles Wemmbley Hogg, a upper-middle-class student ponce from Budleigh Salterton who travels the world. Also features Tom Goodman-Hill, Catherine Tate, Adrian Scarborough, Catherine Shepherd and Vincent Franklin
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Series 3, Episode 2 - Japan
Giles goes for broke, quite literally, as he tries his hand at being a Bond Trader in Japan.
Further details
Giles joins the cut-throat hot-shot world of International Finance and has a go at shipbroking, breaking quite a few before he's put on a different desk. Plus he discovers that the deadly Japanese fugu fish is actually slightly less dangerous than Greasy Mike's rock salmon in Budleigh High Street...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 1st February 2005
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Marcus Brigstocke | Giles Wemmbley Hogg |
| Robert Daws | Simon |
| Matilda Ziegler | Caroline |
| Naoko Mori | Noriko |
| Kenji Watanabe | Mr Oligato |
| Rufus Jones | Tony |
| Dai Tabuchi | Tepanyaki Chef |
| Toshie Ogura | Receptionist |
| Marcus Brigstocke | Writer |
| Jeremy Salsby | Writer |
| Graeme Garden | Writer (Additional Material) |
| David Tyler | Director |
| David Tyler | Producer |