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
Quanderhorn 2, Episode 1 - Killdiboos And Universibold Explodibangbang
Further details
Mercurial genius, Professor Quanderhorn (James Fleet) has created a time loop, rendering it permanently 1952.
His arch nemesis, Churchill (John Sessions) has sent a wave of bagpiping bombers to unleash their payload over the 5th dimensional storage tanks holding the captured time, and reality is about to be destroyed.
The Professor and his rag-tag crew - test pilot Brian Nylon (Ryan Sampson), clockwork-emotioned Dr Gemini Janussen (Cassie Layton), caddish Martian hostage Guuuurk (Kevin Eldon) and Quanderhorn's part-insectoid son Troy (Freddie Fox), along with factotum Jenkins (John Sessions. Again) - escape by scattering themselves through time.
Troy and Guuuurk find themselves in a cave in the Pleistocene Era, with some rather unnerving co-habitants.
Brian and the Professor have an unexpected Latin lesson, resulting in Brian being given as a gift to a beautiful Roman noblewoman. He's rather worried to discover what's supposed to happen next.
Dr Janussen and Sergeant "Jenkins" Jenkins are spirited to the mid-seventeenth century, where they encounter a strangely familiar-looking Witchfinder General.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 29th April 2020
- Time
- 6:30pm
- 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 |
Alisdair McGregor | Editor |
Peter Brewis | Composer |
Sarah Tombling | Production Manager |