Promenade Rock

Hilarious comedy caper set in Wales during the heyday of the Great British seaside holiday

Set up the deckchair, pop a hanky on your head and order an ice-cream with a flake, as you settle in for a hilarious trip to Llantwit-on-Sea. It’s the 1950s, the Great British holiday is booming and recently widowed Eirlys Richards runs a lively boarding house in this Welsh seaside town.

Wanting to spice up her life, Eirlys welcomes a lover into her holiday haven, however her other three lovers have something to say about this… Pet poodles, passionate chefs, hair-brained business schemes and brass playing bandmasters all vie for the enigmatic Eirlys’s attention in this fast paced and funny comedy drama packed full of charming characters and the laugh-out-loud situations they get themselves into. What did deckchair attendant Cox’n Hughes do to be barred from the local fisherman’s club, will the Punch and Judy auditions go smoothly and when will the lascivious town clerk get his comeuppance…?

Written by Christopher Denys and starring Nerys Hughes as Eirlys Richards, best known for her roles in BBC TV series The Liver Birds and The District Nurse, and Russell Boulter (The Bill) as Matthew Dolan, this delightful comedy celebrates the best of Wales with a cast of memorable characters.

Promenade Rock is a sunny seaside comedy that will have you in stitches. Listen now to the hilarious complete series, available to download for the time.

Cast and credits

Written by Christopher Denys

Directed by Sue Wilson

Eirlys Richards - Nerys Hughes
Matthew Dolan - Russell Boulter
Iorweth Jenkins - Iwan Thomas
Arnold Pilton - Christopher Scott
Cox'n Hughes - Andy Hockley

Owain Owen - Terry Molloy

PC Ianto Evans - David Holt

Gwenny Jenkins - Siriol Jenkins

Round-the-Bay Baynon - Owen Garmon

Griff Gadabout - Keith Drinkel

Joyce Pilton - Tracy Wiles
Newsreader/ Alderman Lloyd-Meredith / Dad - Ian Brooker
Mother / Theda Pilton - Tina Gray

Kalama Attercliffe - Badria Timimi

Attercliffe - David Bannerman

Voices of Punch and Judy - Guy Higgins

Episode 1 – The Landlady and her Lovers

Episode 2 – The Chef

Episode 3 – The Hotelier

Episode 4 – The Silver Gumshoe

Episode 5 – The Longshoremen

Episode 6 – The Punch and Judy Man

Episode 7 – The Town Clerk

Episode 8 – Mister Showbusiness

Episode 9 – The Holiday-Maker

Episode 10 – Absent Without Leave

First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 17th - 28th March 2003

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