North By Northamptonshire
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2010 - 2015
- 17 episodes (3 series)
Series about the bittersweet adventures of the residents of a small market town in Northamptonshire. Written by Katherine Jakeways. Also features Penelope Wilton, Felicity Montagu, Kevin Eldon, Rufus Wright, John Biggins and more.
- Series 2, Episode 6 repeated Monday at 8am on Radio 4 Extra
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 4
Further details
Everyone nervously awaits the arrival of the celebrity judge Lady Ballantyne who is unfortunately in the spotlight for being the most recent Royal racist.
Jan does her last minute preparations for her trip to Australia. Will she be going alone or could she possibly dare to dream that Jonathan might join her at the last minute?
And finally supermarket manager Rod gets to take Tanya from till 4 on a date. The true measure of success will be how many packets of scampi fries they consume. Will it be just the one? Or perhaps too many to count?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 7th July 2010
- Time
- 11:30am
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Penelope Wilton | Mary |
| Felicity Montagu | Jan |
| Kevin Eldon | Jonathan |
| Katherine Jakeways | Esther |
| Rufus Wright | Frank |
| John Biggins | Keith |
| Mackenzie Crook | Rod |
| Lizzie Roper | Angela |
| Sheila Hancock | Narrator |
| Katherine Jakeways | Writer |
| Claire Jones | Producer |