Safety Catch
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2007 - 2010
- 12 episodes (3 series)
Radio sitcom starring Darren Boyd as Simon McGrath, a weapons dealer who never intended to go into the arms trade. Also features Joanna Page, Lewis Macleod, Sarah Smart, Brigit Forsyth and Rachel Atkins
- Series 1, Episode 1 repeated Sunday 29th December at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2007 - 2010
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 12 (3 series)
- Creator
- Laurence Howarth
- Stars
- Darren Boyd, Joanna Page, Lewis Macleod, Sarah Smart, Brigit Forsyth and Rachel Atkins
- Writer
- Laurence Howarth
- Producer
- Dawn Ellis
- Company
Simon McGrath likes to think of himself as a good person. He donates blood, he recycles his newspapers, bottles and some of his cans, and he's adopted two tigers. But, just like everyone else, he has to pay his mortgage... and that's why he currently works as an arms dealer.
Simon fell into the arms trade but says he's definitely going to leave soon. If he wasn't doing his job, someone else would - that's how he is justifying it at the moment. And it's people who fire bullets, not his guns, right? At least he doesn't work for McDonald's!
Safety Catch is a contemporary sitcom that mocks black-and-white notions of morality. It exposes the ugly trade-offs and necessary fictions in working lives and relationships through the example of Simon McGrath and the lies he has to tell himself just to get up in the morning.
Additional details
- Also known as
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- Killing It
- Production
- Studio
Website links
- Radio 4 - Safety Catch
The official webpage for the series on the Radio 4 website. - Download Safety Catch
The episodes of Safety Catch can be found on this website. - Wikipedia
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 26th September 2007 at 11:30am on BBC Radio 4
- Next repeats
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- Series 1, Episode 1: Sunday 29th December at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 1, Episode 2: Sunday 5th January at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 1, Episode 3: Sunday 12th January at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Most recent repeats
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- Sunday 9th July 2023 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 3, Episode 4
- Sunday 2nd July 2023 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 3, Episode 3
- Sunday 25th June 2023 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 3, Episode 2