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Love 40 New Balls Please Series 3
1st Broadcast 1999 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 Frayed Sleeves: In which Merv gets younger and younger.
Episode 2 Boy Banned: In which Nigel becomes a star.
Episode 3 England Expects: In which Merv picks up his shovel and begins to dig for inspiration.
Episode 4 Pipe Dreams: In which Merv joins the effluent society.
Episode 5 Survival of the Fattest: In which Merv tightens his belt.
Episode 6 Thanks a Million: In which Merv and Moira do it at last.
Cast
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
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
Other Links
Love 40 New Balls Please Series 1
