A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama

20th Century Vampire

The comic adventures of a checkout girl turned trainee vampire. 
 
Sulky Goth Eloise hates her life, Monday mornings and her dreary job as a Co-op sales assistant. She&rsquo;s always felt like an outsider, but as her 21st birthday approaches, she starts to wonder if she&rsquo;s going mad. She can&rsquo;t sleep, the sun hurts her skin, she&rsquo;s plagued by nightmares and she has an insatiable craving for blood &ndash; and worst of all, she seems to be allergic to garlic bread. 
 
Then her Transylvanian Aunt Lucretia reveals that she&rsquo;s a vampire, and suddenly it all makes sense. She&rsquo;s happier than she&rsquo;s ever been: but there are still a few hurdles to overcome. Before she can fulfil her destiny, she must study for a GCSE in vampirism &ndash; and teacher Lucretia is tough. She also needs to keep her secret from her boyfriend Wayne, best mate Debbie and manager Mr Jenkins; survive the staff outing to the blood donation centre; and find a way to sample her boss&rsquo;s extremely rare, extremely tasty &lsquo;Bombay blood&rsquo;. And when she turns Lucretia&rsquo;s castle into a love shack while her aunt&rsquo;s away, she finds herself facing danger... 
 
Starring Louise Lombard as Eloise and Joanna Kanska as Lucretia, this light-hearted comedy drama will delight fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and What We Do In the Shadows. It&rsquo;s a sitcom you can really get your teeth into... 
 
Production credits 
Written by Joe Turner 
Produced by Liz Anstee 
 
Cast 
Eloise &ndash; Louise Lombard 
Lucretia &ndash; Joanna Kanska 
Wayne &ndash; William Ivory 
Debbie &ndash; Jane Hazlegrove 
Mr Jenkins &ndash; Fine Time Fontayne 
With Linda Polan and Steve Hodson 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 5, 29 October-3 December 1993 
 
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Joe Turner

Michael Williams

Lisa Coleman

Simon Greenall

Cherry Morris

Full Cast

A Full-Cast BBC Radio Comedy

Michael Williams and Lisa Coleman star in this six-part family sitcom set in a village pub 
 
Landlord Jack and his daughter Nicola used to be close &ndash; when she was seven, and all she talked about was ponies. Now she&rsquo;s 26 and works in the City, and they&rsquo;ve drifted apart. So when she comes back for a Christmas visit and announces she wants to stay and help manage the pub, he&rsquo;s less than thrilled. Barmaid Mrs Drummond is unimpressed too &ndash; she&rsquo;s never liked Nicola &ndash; but regular customer Andy is delighted she&rsquo;s back home. 
 
Adapting to being a co-landlord is difficult for Jack, who&rsquo;s run things single-handed since Nicola&rsquo;s mum died. He&rsquo;s a creature of habit, an old dog who won&rsquo;t be taught new tricks. Having his grown-up daughter around all the time is a challenge, especially when she breaks his favourite bowl and keeps insisting he talk about his feelings. But neither Jack nor Nicola wants to call time on their relationship &ndash; can they accept each other&rsquo;s foibles and find a way to reconnect? 
 
Created by veteran Coronation Street writer Joe Turner, this warm-hearted comedy drama stars Michael Williams (A Fine Romance) as Jack and Lisa Coleman (The Story of Tracy Beaker) as Nicola, with Simon Greenall (I&rsquo;m Alan Partridge) as Andy and Cherry Morris (Mapp and Lucia) as Mrs Drummond. 
 
 
Production credits 
Written by Joe Turner 
Produced by Liz Anstee 
 
Cast 
Jack &ndash; Michael Williams 
Nicola &ndash; Lisa Coleman 
Mrs Drummond &ndash; Cherry Morris 
Andy &ndash; Simon Greenall 
Brian/Steve/Derek/Joe/Various &ndash; Toby Longworth 
Andy&rsquo;s Mum/The Inspector &ndash; Sally Grace 
Arthur &ndash; Finetime Fontayne 
Ralph &ndash; John Duttine 
Kirstie &ndash; Debra Stephenson 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 7 January-11 February 1999 
 
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