Night Class
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2002
- 5 episodes (1 series)
Johnny Vegas stars as a failed Redcoat who takes up a job as a pottery teacher. Also features Rebecca Front, Nicola Stephenson, Tony Pitts, Tony Burgess, Lyndsey Marshal and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2002
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 5 (1 series)
- Creator
- Johnny Vegas
- Stars
- Johnny Vegas, Rebecca Front, Nicola Stephenson, Tony Pitts, Tony Burgess, Lyndsey Marshal, Gwyneth Powell, Christian Knowles and more
- Writers
- Johnny Vegas, Tony Pitts and Tony Burgess
- Director
- Dirk Maggs
- Producers
- Helen Chattwell and Bruce Hyman
- Company
Johnny Vegas stars in this darkly brilliant comedy about loss, failure, alcoholism, loathing, desperation, loneliness and other humorous subjects.
After failing to make it as a Butlins Redcoat, Johnny goes back to his home town and reluctantly signs up to teach pottery to a group of sad and hopeless night-class students.
This scourge of the ceramic community soon manages to wreak havoc, leaving a trail of emotional carnage behind him and the Adult Education syllabus shattered forever...
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Soundtrack
- Theme music by Paul Heaton, performed and arranged by Paul Heaton and Tony Robinson
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 27th August 2002 at 6:30pm on BBC Radio 4
- Most recent repeats
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- Thursday 5th January 2017 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 5
- Thursday 29th December 2016 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 4
- Thursday 22nd December 2016 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 3