Guests Are Like Fish
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2014
- 4 episodes (1 series)
Radio 4 sitcom by Shelagh Stephenson. When Anna and Jim moved to the country, they blithely issued invitations to all... a disastrous idea. Stars Haydn Gwynne and Tim McInnerny.
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Radio Times review
Penned by seasoned playwright Shelagh Stephenson, this comedy series pits Anna (Haydn Gwynne) and Jim (Blackadder star Tim McInnerny) against a succession of wearisome and tactless guests as they take up the couple's offer, made to all and sundry, of a quiet weekend at their rural home.
Unfortunately, most of those who take them at their word are the ones they never in a million years dreamt would turn up. And guests, like fish, tend to stink after three days. This week it's the turn of uncompromising elderly couple Joan (Patricia Hodge) and Colin (Ron Cook), who love their bagpipe music, to go rancid on them.
Tom Goulding, Radio Times, 16th May 2014