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Hopping. Credit: BBC
Hopping

Hopping

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2024
  • 1 episode

Period comedy drama about Kentish hop-pickers. Stars Rosie Cavaliero, Susan Harrison, Dan Starkey, Gemma Arrowsmith, Jade Johnson and more.

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Hopping. Credit: BBC

Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2024
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
1
Stars
Rosie Cavaliero, Susan Harrison, Dan Starkey, Gemma Arrowsmith, Jade Johnson, Lucy Trodd, Nancy Zamit and Oliver Izod
Writers
Susan Harrison and Lucy Trodd
Producer
Catherine Bailey
Company

A not entirely historically accurate comedy, set in the 1930s. While researching her family tree online, a woman discovers the lost world of Kentish hop-picking - a world in which the Londoners mixed with the locals and caused chaos at every turn.

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Additional details

Also known as
  • Drama On 4: Hopping
Soundtrack
Original music written by Susan Harrison, Lucy Trodd and Duncan Walsh Atkins. Violin performed by Oliver Izod.

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 14th October 2024 at 2:15pm on BBC Radio 4
Episode length
30 minutes

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