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Quanderhorn

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.

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Quanderhorn 2, Episode 1 - Killdiboos And Universibold Explodibangbang

Quanderhorn and his crew escape the impending disaster, but wind up scattered across time. Can they escape Ice Ages, Roman slavery and a very familiar-looking Witchfinder General?

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

Cast
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
Writing team
Rob Grant Writer
Andrew Marshall Writer
Production team
Andrew Marshall Director
Gordon Kennedy Producer
Rob Grant Producer
Alisdair McGregor Editor
Peter Brewis Composer
Sarah Tombling Production Manager

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