Maureen & Friends
- Radio comedy
- BBC Radio 4
- 2019 - 2022
- 4 episodes (2 series)
A new BBC Radio 4 comedy series showcasing the many talents of Maureen Lipman. Also features Oliver Cotton.
Maureen & Friends
Two series of Maureen Lipman's monologues and musings, plus four comedy dramas created especially for her.
Award-winning actress and comedian Maureen Lipman has been entertaining audiences for over half a century. Her career has encompassed film, theatre, TV and radio; she has written several best-selling autobiographies; and in 2020 she was made a Dame in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. In this sparkling collection, the irrepressible 'Queen of Coronation Street' takes to the airwaves with her hilarious monologues, diverting duologues and amusing anecdotes - all recorded in front of a live audience. Also included are four comedy dramas showcasing her manifold talents.
Maureen & Friends finds her following in the footsteps of the late, great Joyce Grenfell as she brings her own incisive wit to the monologue tradition. Series 1 finds her riffing on topics as diverse as Jane Austen, pesky rodents, stroppy teenagers, Balkan windscreen-washers and life in the Covid era; while in Series 2 she is joined by fellow actor Oliver Cotton to give life and opinions to a variety of comic characters, both human and animal - from a crossword whiz to a Canada goose.
In A Month Of Maureen, she stars in four comedy dramas specially scripted for her:
Three Journeys tells the poignant, funny tale of a mother and son. Five Lessons is a delightful comedy about a pianist and his pupil. Dead Rellies centres around a revelatory trip to a Jewish cemetery. Theodora Potts: Victorian Psychic is a surreal comedy drama featuring a medium with a secret, who's about to meet her match.
Among Maureen Lipman's co-stars are Jasper Britton, Julian Rhind-Tutt, George Layton and Tracy-Ann Oberman.
First released: Thursday 18th May 2023
- Distributor: BBC Digital Audio
- Minutes: 222
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