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
Episode menu
Series 3, Episode 6 - Ireland
Giles goes to Ireland to look up an old flame, stuff a big fish and tussle with a ghillie.
Further details
Giles has decided he wants to become a journalist, and ends up being a nanny. On an eventful trip to Ireland, he cons his girlfriend Arabella, is sick in a Merc, falls in a lake while proposing and runs over a peacock.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 1st March 2005
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Marcus Brigstocke | Giles Wemmbley Hogg |
| Catherine Tate | Arabella |
| Neil Dudgeon | David McAlpine |
| Miranda Hart | Mrs McAlpine |
| John O'Mahony | Ghillie Cooper |
| Sally Marsh | Jemima McAlpine |
| Dan Skinner (as Renton Skinner) | Wallace |
| Steven Kynman | Hultz |
| Harry Elliot | Crispin |
| Llewella Gideon | Violet |
| Marcus Brigstocke | Writer |
| Jeremy Salsby | Writer |
| Graeme Garden | Writer (Additional Material) |
| David Tyler | Director |
| David Tyler | Producer |