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Talking To Strangers. Image shows from L to R: Sally Phillips, Lily Bevan. Copyright: BBC
Talking To Strangers

Talking To Strangers

  • Radio sketch show
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2016
  • 4 episodes (1 series)

A series of comic monologues involving talking to a stranger. Written and performed by Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan. Stars Sally Phillips, Lily Bevan, Emma Thompson, Olivia Colman, Jessica Hynes and more.

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Key details

Genre
Sketch Show
Broadcast
2016
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
4 (1 series)
Stars
Sally Phillips, Lily Bevan, Emma Thompson, Olivia Colman, Jessica Hynes, Steve Evets, Sinead Matthews, Joel Fry and Mike Wozniak
Writers
Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan
Producer
Sam Bryant
Company

Comic monologues in which a range of characters find themselves engaging in that most un-British of activities: talking to a stranger.

Each piece is a character study: funny, frank, absurd, moving...

Characters include a sex councillor who loves to draw, a spy who loves to share, a woman who likes to help too much ("I'm a serial helpist"), a frustrated falconer, and a cheater who has to call her cheatee the morning after.

Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan previously performed some of the characters in a theatre show of the same name.

Additional details

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 4th February 2016 at 11pm on BBC Radio 4
Most recent repeats
  • Saturday 22nd July 2023 at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 4
  • Saturday 15th July 2023 at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 1
  • Saturday 8th July 2023 at 10:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 2

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