Bristow

Last Edited: 19-Sep-2012 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Three series, based on the cartoon strip of the same name, created and drawn by Frank Dickens

Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
21-Apr-1999
BBC R7
1-1 Fair Shares
Michael Williams, Rodney Bewes, Owen Brenman, Dora
Bryan
, Jon Glover, Katie O'Dea, Simon Schattsberger,
Carol Starks, David Baddiley
written by Frank Dickens
directed by Neil Cargill
27:39, 25928, S
28-Apr-1999
BBC R7
1-2 Follow That Star
Michael Williams, Rodney Bewes, Christopher Benjamin,
Owen Brenman, Katie O'Dea, Jon Glover, Simon
Schattsberger, Sheila Reed
written by Frank Dickens
directed by Neil Cargill
27:05, 25392, S
05-May-1999
BBC R7
1-3 The Girl Next Door
Michael Williams, Rodney Bewes, Dora Bryan, Jon Glover,
Katie O'Dea, Simon Schattsberger, Carol Starks
written by Frank Dickens
directed by Neil Cargill
28:02, 26292, S
12-May-1999
BBC R7
1-4 Sun, Sea and Sabotage
Michael Williams, Rodney Bewes, Owen Brenman, Dora
Bryan, Jon Glover, Simon Schattsberger, Katie O'Dea
written by Frank Dickens
directed by Neil Cargill
26:27, 24804, S
19-May-1999
BBC R7
1-5 Stranger on a Train
Michael Williams, Rodney Bewes, Jon Glover, Katie O'Dea,
Simon Schattsberger, Sarah Huntley
written by Frank Dickens
directed by Neil Cargill
26:38, 24986, S
26-May-1999
BBC R7
1-6 The Great Escape
Michael Williams, Rodney Bewes, Dora Bryan, Owen
Brenman, Katie O'Dea, Jon Glover, Christopher Benjamin,
Simon Schattsberger, Carol Starks, David Ryan
written by Frank Dickens
directed by Neil Cargill
28:00, 26262, S
24-Nov-1999
BBC R7
2-1 When Melancholy Autumn
Comes to Chester-Perry
Michael Williams, Rodney Bewes, Dora Bryan, Owen
Brenman, Bernard Cribbins, Royce Mills, Lucy Ackhurst,
Katie O'Dea, Sheila Reed, Norman Bird, Simon
Schattsberger, Zena Eat?
written by Frank Dickens
directed by Neil Cargill
28:14, 26479, S
01-Dec-1999
BBC R7
2-2 The Power of the Press
Michael Williams, Rodney Bewes, Dora Bryan, Owen
Brenman, Liz Fraser, Joan Sims, Jon Glover, Katie O'Dea,
Ian Kellen, David Baddiley, Roger Lloyd-Pack
written by Frank Dickens
directed by Neil Cargill
28:31, 26737, S
08-Dec-1999
BBC R7
2-3 Mr Bristow Regrets
Michael Williams, Rodney Bewes, Dora Bryan, Owen
Brenman, Jon Glover, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Katie O'Dea,
Carol Starks, Lucy Ackhurst, Simon Schattsberger
written by Frank Dickens
directed by Neil Cargill
26:55, 25252, S
15-Dec-1999
BBC R7
2-4 The Girl in the Yellow Overcoat
Michael Williams, Rodney Bewes, Dora Bryan, Owen
Brenman, Katie O'Dea, Jon Glover, Robert Bathurst,
Anna Nountford, Simon Schattsberger, Peter Kelly,
Zena Eat?
written by Frank Dickens
directed by Neil Cargill
28:08, 26388, S
07-Jul-2000
BBC R7
3-1 Of Moles and Men
Michael Williams, Rodney Bewes, Dora Bryan, Owen
Brenman, Liz Fraser, Joan Sims, Katie O'Dea, Jon
Glover, David Baddiley, Carol Starks, Jane Booker
written by Frank Dickens
directed by Neil Cargill
27:53, 26157, S
14-Jul-2000
BBC R7
3-2 The Good, the Bad and
the Temporary
Michael Williams, Rodney Bewes, Dora Bryan, Owen
Brenman, Jon Glover, Katie O'Dea, Simon
Schattsberger, David Baddiley, Christopher Benjamin,
Jackie Neglia, Lesley Phillips
written by Frank Dickens
directed by Neil Cargill
27:36, 25880, S
21-Jul-2000
BBC R7
3-3 Chapter and Verse
Michael Williams, Rodney Bewes, Dora Bryan, Owen
Brenman, Katie O'Dea, Jon Glover, Simon
Schattsberger, Ian Kellen, Roger Lloyd-Pack
written by Frank Dickens
directed by Neil Cargill
26:23, 24742, S
28-Jul-2000
BBC R7
3-4 Repaying Mr Piper
Michael Williams, Rodney Bewes, Dora Bryan, Owen
Brenman,  Liz Fraser, Joan Sims, Jon Glover, Katie
O'Dea, Simon Schattsberger, David Baddiley,
Jackie Neglia
written by Frank Dickens
directed by Neil Cargill
27:13, 25526, S

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