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Time Spanner. Image shows from L to R: Mr Mergatroid (Jeremy Limb), Martin Gaye (Simon Kane), Daniel Kraken (David Mitchell), Laika (John Finnemore), Gabbie (London Hughes), Angel (Belinda Stewart-Wilson). Copyright: BBC
Time Spanner

Time Spanner

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2017 - 2018
  • 2 episodes

Radio sitcom about time travel. Stars Simon Kane, London Hughes, David Mitchell, John Finnemore, Jeremy Limb and Sally Phillips

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Time Spanner. Image shows from L to R: Mr Mergatroid (Jeremy Limb), Martin Gaye (Simon Kane), Daniel Kraken (David Mitchell), Laika (John Finnemore), Gabbie (London Hughes), Angel (Belinda Stewart-Wilson). Copyright: BBC

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2017 - 2018
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
2
Stars
Simon Kane, London Hughes, David Mitchell, John Finnemore, Jeremy Limb and Sally Phillips
Writer
Simon Kane
Producer
Gareth Edwards
Company

David Mitchell, John Finnemore, London Hughes and Simon Kane star in a comedy about time travel, an evil self-storage empire, a slightly defensive angel and something rather a lot like love at first sight.

Martin Gay's 40th birthday disrupted by two very important moments: meeting Gabbie, the girl of his dreams, and being forced at gunpoint through a supernatural mirror into a world of angels, robots and the most powerful tool in the universe, the Time Spanner, which gives the holder the power to span time.

Will Martin use the time spanner to save humanity from destruction? Or will he use it to try and make sure Gabbie doesn't think he's an idiot?

Featured alongside Martin Gaye in Time Spanner is disconcertingly optimistic charity worker Gabbie, billionaire occultist Daniel Kraken, the world's most irritating robot... and Laika the space dog.

Additional details

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Saturday 7th January 2017 at 4:30pm on BBC Radio 4
Most recent repeats
  • Wednesday 1st April 2020 at 5:30am on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 1
  • Tuesday 31st March 2020 at 10:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 1
  • Tuesday 31st March 2020 at 5:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 1

Recording details

  • BBC Radio Theatre

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