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Love 40 New Balls Please Series 1
1st Broadcast 1997 BBC Radio 2
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Synopsis
A musical sitcom about the onset of middle age, with the forty-year-old hero Mervyn.
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Rock ’n' roll sitcom featuring forty-something Mervyn Stutter as the beleaguered ex-hippy fast approaching his sell by date. As well as confronting the normal mid-life crises of expanding waistline and diminishing prospects, Mervyn has to juggle a bizarre and bewildering cast of friends, lodgers and hangers-on. A hilarious take on the journey into middle age, illuminated and illustrated by specially written songs.
Episodes
Episode 1 The 40th Birthday: Goodman makes an offer, and Moira wears the pants.
Episode 2 Half-Decent Proposal: Goodman makes an offer, and Moira wears the pants.
Episode 3 Goodman Deadman: Goodman's assets are frozen, and Mervyn is lost for words.
Episode 4 The Independent: Another Winchester by-election, and Mervyn goes grey.
Episode 5 Tunnel of Love: Yoko finds a bog, Mervyn stands up to be counted.
Episode 6 Midlife Crisis: Merv dives off a wardrobe and Goodman takes a fall.
Cast
Character Actor
- Mervyn Mervyn Stutter
- Not Known Moira Downie
- Not Known Eve Karpf
- Not Known Tony Millan
- Not Known John Challis
- Not Known Gary Martin
- Not Known Sophie Louise Dann
- Not Known Philip Sherlock
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Music composed & Arranged
Comment by Dirk Maggs
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Running Time
30 Minutes
6 Episodes in series
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What Others Said
“The best radio comedy programme I’ve heard for years” Sue Arnold The Observer
“Hilarious menopausal songs.” Stephanie Billen, The Observer
“At last a comedy series which is funny.” Eastern Daily Press
“Mervyn Stutter’s series is pretty sharp.” Anne Karpf, Guardian
“The highlights of the piece are the clever songs.” Mail on Sunday
“Love 40 – New Balls Please is funny.” Sue Gainsford, The Independent
Love 40 New Balls Please Series 1
