The Sharp End
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 2
- 2010
- 1 pilot
Radio 2 sitcom pilot starring Alistair McGowan as a consumer affairs host from hell. Stars Alistair McGowan, Michelle Gomez, Ian Stone and Tom Craine.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Channel
- BBC Radio 2
- Episodes
- 1 Pilot
- Stars
- Alistair McGowan, Michelle Gomez, Ian Stone and Tom Craine
- Writers
- Ian Stone and Tom Craine
- Producer
- Frank Stirling
- Company
Alistair McGowan stars as Anthony Sharp, the consumer affairs host from hell in this BBC Radio 2 comedy pilot.
Anthony is egocentric, vain, manipulative, misogynistic, crass, paranoid and a generally unpleasant man. As a result, he's enjoyed quite a promising media career.
But he still doesn't have the success he feels he deserves. Anthony is the much-loved presenter of the only - almost the only - consumer programme on the radio. But his nemesis has arrived... the show is to become a double-header and his new co-star is younger, more attractive and already more successful than him. And she's human as well.
Additional details
- Part of
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Saturday 5th June 2010 at 10pm on BBC Radio 2
- Episode length
- 30 minutes
- All previous repeats
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- Saturday 8th January 2011 at 10:30pm on Radio 2