Old Harry's Game

  • Satan: Andy Hamilton
  • Gary: Steve O'Donnell ( Season 1 )
  • Professor James Grout (Season 1 to Christmas Special)
  • Thomas: Jimmy Mulville
  • Scumspawn: Robert Duncan (from Season 2 )
  • Hope: Claire Skinner ( Christmas Special)
  • Edith: Annette Crosbie ( Season 6 )
  • Guest speaker in other roles: Penelope Nice ( Season 1 )
  • Jasper Jacob ( Season 1 )
  • Nick Revell
  • Michael Fenton Stevens
  • Philip Pope
  • Felicity Montagu
  • David Swift
  • Geoffrey Whitehead ( season 5)

Old Harry 's Game is an English comedic radio drama series, which was written by Andy Hamilton. Hamilton also directed and played the lead character "Satan".

The title refers to " Old Harry ", an old name of the devil.

History

Between 1995 and 2001, the BBC beamed from four squadrons, each with six half-hour episodes. In December 2002, a two-part " Christmas Special " followed. The recordings for a fifth season have been postponed several times due to health problems of the speakers, but finally took place in April 2005. The radio station BBC Radio 4 beamed on September 20, 2005, the first of four new episodes. In the fall of 2007, a sixth season followed with six episodes. The series will be repeated on BBC Radio 7. In 1998, the series in the British Comedy Awards has been awarded as " Best Radio Comedy". Some of the episodes of seasons 1 to 4 was released on cassettes or CDs. The " Christmas Special ," the fifth and sixth season and now also a reissue of the first two seasons are fully available on CD.

Content

The series takes place mainly in hell. The plot is built around philosophical discussions between Satan and Professor Richard Wittingham ( James Grout ) around. Basic theme is Satan's view that all people are inherently bad, which he supported by examples from his kingdom and the world of the living. The professor always tries to convince him otherwise, with Satan never admit to his own defeat. Another recurring theme is the life of the wife (more precisely: the widow ) Deborah the professor. Satan takes the professor several times in the world of the living with, where he has an influence on their lives.

The second human main character is Thomas Quentin Crimp ( Jimmy Mulville ), a ruthless business man who had every opportunity to lifetime to gain an advantage. It caused the car accident that claimed the lives of him and the professor. Thomas serves Satan often as an example of the depravity of man. He is the opposite to the idealistic and optimistic professor who went to hell only because of its atheism.

Other characters are the subordinates of the devil as the demon Gary ( Steven O'Donnell ), Satan's assistant. In the second season of the unconditionally loyal but bumbling Scumspawn (Robert Duncan ) takes its successor.

In addition, many historical figures appear, which were all banished forever to hell because of their way of life, such as Nero, Leonardo da Vinci, Karl Marx, Queen Victoria and Thomas Jefferson.

As the theme song "Resurrection " by Christopher Young was used. The piece is from the soundtrack of the film Hellraiser.

Episodes

  • First Season 1 Welcome to Hell (23 November 1995)
  • 2 Corruption (30 November 1995)
  • 3 Hero Worship (7 December 1995)
  • 4 Appearances (14 December 1995)
  • 5 Rebellion (21 December 1995)
  • 6 Redemption (December 28, 1995)
  • 7 Assistant (7 April 1998)
  • 8 Chuckles (14 April 1998)
  • Nero 9 (21 April 1998)
  • 10 Computers (28 April 1998)
  • 11 G.U.T. (5 April 1998)
  • 12 Too Far (12 April 1998)
  • 25 The Roll Of The Dice ( 31 December 2002)
  • 26 Knocking On Heaven's Door (1 January 2003 )
  • 27 Moral Leadership (20 September 2005)
  • 28 The Crusade (27 September 2005)
  • 29 Power Politics (4 October 2005)
  • 30 I Blame The Media (11 October 2005)
  • 31 Edith ( 27 September 2007)
  • 32 Discoveries ( 4 October 2007)
  • 33 Murderers ( 11 October 2007)
  • Psychiatry 34 (18 October 2007)
  • 35 Investigation ( 25 October 2007)
  • 36 Ginger (1 November 2007)
  • 37 Scamp (19 February 2009)
  • 38 Satan Junior (26 February 2009)
  • 39 Joan of Arc (March 5, 2009)
  • 40th God (12 March 2009)
  • 41 Prospective Parents ( 19 March 2009)
  • 42 Return (26 March 2009)
  • 43 Christmas Spirit (23 December 2010)
  • 44 Ring in the New (30 December 2010)

BBC Audiobook Publications

  • Volume One - Season 1: Episodes 1, 5 and 6 Season 2: Episodes 7, 8 and 10
  • Volume Two - Season 3: Episodes 13, 14 and 15, Season 4: Episodes 20, 21 and 22
  • Complete Series 1 & 2 - All episodes of the first and second season
  • Christmas Special - Episodes 25 and 26
  • Series Five - All episodes of the fifth season.
  • Series Six - All episodes of the sixth season.
  • Series Seven - All episodes of the seventh season.
  • Complete Series 3 & 4 - All episodes of the third and fourth season
  • Radio drama series ( English )
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