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Last broadcast on Mon, 28 Sep 2009, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
Comedy by Alan Stafford exploring the bizarre world of musical humorist Gerard Hoffnung.
It is 1956, and the fruity-voiced raconteur, tuba player and occasional Quasimodo impersonator Gerard Hoffnung is about to unveil his latest madcap scheme, a Hoffnung Music Festival: a full-scale symphonic concert that will bring many of his cartoon creations to life and poke fun at the pomposities of classical music. Will he succeed in filling the Royal Festival Hall with laughter, or will the whole enterprise come crashing to earth like a barrel of bricks?
Gerard Hoffnung/Psychiatrist 2 ...... Matt Lucas
Annetta Hoffnung ...... Gina McKee
Donald Swann/Ian Messiter ...... Stephen Boswell
Malcolm Arnold/Bean ...... Nicholas Jones
John Amis/Roy Plomley/Richard Dimbleby ...... Jon Glover
Arthur Drummer ...... Hugh Bonneville
Susan Drummer/Announcer ...... Felicity Montagu
Annetta Hoffnung (present day) ...... Herself
Directed by Lissa Evans
An Above the Title production for BBC Radio 4.
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Mon 28 Sep 200914:15
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