Quanderhorn
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2018 - 2020
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Radio sitcom set in 1952 that focuses on the experiments of an eccentric scientist. Stars James Fleet, Ryan Sampson, Cassie Layton, Kevin Eldon, Freddie Fox and more.
Episode menu
The Quanderhorn Xperimentations, Episode 2 - Mummy! My Donkey's Head Is Exploding
Further details
The crew of Professor Quanderhorn are about to have their space craft shredded like a savoy cabbage by a massive gravitational wave. Only Martian hostage Guuuurk can save them.
But will the self-declared "miserable coward and despicable turncoat" risk his life and even his very sanity by mind-leaping into Quanderhorn's "son", Troy, a half-insectoid, touted as "a major breakthrough in Artificial Stupidity".
Meanwhile, behind the Post Office in the nearby village, a glowing, throbbing meteorite is exuding a strange influence on the local inhabitants.
When Dr Janussen, Guuuurk, Troy and even Quanderhorn himself appear to be possessed by an alien intelligence, Brian is faced with a perilous dilemma.
And who is that peculiar hot chestnut seller, who bears a startling resemblance to Prime Minister Churchill?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 2nd July 2018
- Time
- 11:30am
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| James Fleet | Professor Quanderhorn |
| Ryan Sampson | Brian Nylon |
| Cassie Layton | Dr Gemini Jannussen |
| Kevin Eldon | Guuuurk |
| Freddie Fox | Troy Quanderhorn |
| John Sessions | Jenkins |
| Rachel Atkins | Delores the Synthetic Voice |
| John Sessions | Churchill |
| Rob Grant | Writer |
| Andrew Marshall | Writer |
| Andrew Marshall | Director |
| Gordon Kennedy | Producer |
| Rob Grant | Producer |
| Peter Brewis | Composer |