Two Pipe Problems
- Radio comedy drama
- BBC Radio 4
- 2007 - 2013
- 13 episodes (7 series)
Radio 4 comedy drama focusing on two resident sleuths living in a retirement home. Stars Stanley Baxter, Richard Briers, Geoffrey Palmer, Jillie Meers and Tracy Wiles
Episode menu
Series 7, Episode 1 - I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends
Further details
A new chef is in the kitchen at The Old Beeches and he's cooking up a storm and delighting the residents, with Sandy as his willing and enthusiastic sous-chef. But things begin to go badly wrong after a visiting concert party sing a Beatles song which triggers unhappy memories for Albie the Chef (played by the late Felix Dexter).
William and Sandy go in search of Albie and his son, and a successful father and son reunion is celebrated in song.
Young Terrell Forde, who recently starred in Matilda in the West End, joins the company to play and sing the role of Albie's son, accompanied by David Shaw-Parker as his step dad, David Holt as memory man Billy, and Tracey Wiles as the warm hearted Old Beeches care assistant Karen.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 18th November 2013
- Time
- 2:15pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 45 minutes
Cast & crew
Stanley Baxter | Sandy Boyle |
Geoffrey Palmer | William Parnes |
Linda Broughton | Ellen |
Stephen Critchlow | Jeremy (Policeman) |
Michael Chaplin | Writer |
Marilyn Imrie | Director |
Catherine Bailey | Producer |