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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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2018 Special

Following on from last year's episode, Martin Gaye is torn between using the Time Spanner to travel into the future to save humanity from certain destruction or using it as a way to spend more time with the woman he met this morning.

Further details

A new episode of the time-travelling adventure-come-love story narrated by the first dog in space, played by John Finnemore and starring Simon Kane as Martin Gaye, a man with the most powerful object in the universe stuck up his nose; David Mitchell as power-hungry reality TV star Daniel Kraken; Sally Phillips as an angel with very poor judgement; London Hughes as Gabbie Hayes, the world's most optimistic charity worker; and Jeremy Limb as Mister Mergatroid, a love-sick talking robot.

Following on from last year's episode, Martin Gaye is torn between using the Time Spanner to travel into the future to save humanity from certain destruction or using it as a way to spend more time with the woman he met this morning. The more the angel who gave him the Spanner tries to persuade him of the importance of his mission, the more he gets pre-occupied by Gabbie, who he is already sure is the light-bulb in his lampshade.

Meanwhile Daniel Kraken will stop at nothing to get his hands on the Spanner, if only his private army of Yellowcoats were able to open a door without detailed step by step instructions, and there are sinister forces in Heaven getting ready to take back the Spanner for themselves...

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 21st December 2018
Time
11:30am
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Simon Kane Martin Gaye
London Hughes Gabbie
David Mitchell Daniel Kraken
John Finnemore Laika
Jeremy Limb Mr Mergatroid
Sally Phillips The Angel
Writing team
Simon Kane Writer
Production team
Gareth Edwards Producer

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