The Secret Life Of Rosewood Avenue
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 1991
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Sitcom about a vicar who moves to a supposedly quiet rural parish but soon finds it is far from what he expected. Stars James Grout, Margaret Courtenay, Jean Heywood, Christopher Good and Sarah Thomas
The Secret Life Of Rosewood Avenue
James Grout stars as a hapless vicar who discovers that life behind suburbia's net curtains is more exciting than he'd expected.
After being mugged by a pair of pensioners outside the Darby & Joan Club, the Reverend Timothy Carswell has had enough of his rough, tough inner-city parish. Convinced that someone so meek would be better suited somewhere quieter, the Bishop packs him off to a nice, sedate residential neighbourhood where nothing ever seems to happen.
However, unbeknownst to the vicar, his apparently respectable new parish is a hotbed of passion, paranormal experimentation and geriatric prostitution. Under the thumb of his dour Scottish housekeeper, Mrs Muir, who keeps him busy writing long, tedious sermons, he fails to notice the many crimes being committed under his very nose - including burglary, arson and even murder. But when his congregation is stolen by the charismatic American preacher, Elijah Hornblower, he finally realises that something is afoot - and he'll have to fight fire with fire if he wants to keep his flock...
Written by acclaimed dramatist Stephen Sheridan, this dry, darkly funny sitcom stars James Grout as Rev Carswell, with Sarah Thomas and Elizabeth Mansfield as Mrs Muir.
First released: Thursday 16th June 2022
- Distributor: BBC Digital Audio
- Minutes: 173
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