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Man of Soup Series 2
BBC Radio 4 1st Broadcast 01.06.2000-04.07.2000
BBC Radio 4 Repeated 19.09.2000-24.10.2000
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Synopsis
A sitcom set in a clapped-out former Soviet republic of Slomzovakia, where a selection of oddball characters were observed wandering down a variety of extremely well-trodden fleecing-the-tourists and misunderstanding-elements-of-Western-culture comedy paths.
Episodes
Episode 1
The deeply strange occupants of Lottie's cafe-bar in the former Soviet state of Slomzovakia return for an incendiary episode.
Episode 2
It is presidential election time, and Klepke stands against Boris the Warlord.
Episode 3
New revelations about Klepke, Lottie, Lovac, Ignatz and Salome threaten the fragile, alcohol-fuelled equilibrium.
Episode 4
It all starts with Lovac's impression of Yasser Arafat and the computer Salome has borrowed.
Episode 5
Is it loxo fever or normal life in Slomzovakia?
Episode 6
Satan - or is it Bill Oddie? - walks the earth and drops in to Lottie's bar. The world holds its breath.
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Comment by Dirk Maggs
Lots of people didn't get the joke! But this was one of my personal favourites among shows I have directed and produced, a comedy by the wonderful David and Caroline Stafford set in a tiny Eastern European state just coming to terms with the collapse of communism.
It started surreal and got progressively wackier.
We performed in front of an audience and built a set which represented the bar which all the characters frequented each week.
I loved it because it had warmth amidst its weirdness and some of the funniest set pieces I have ever heard. I was very upset when a third series was not commissioned.
Running Time
6 Number 30 minute episodes.
What Others have said
"... fast becoming a worthy successor to Round The Horne, The Goon Show and Monty Pythons Flying Circus"
FEEDBACK BBC Radio 4, 3/11/2000
" .... thank God I caught the repeat ... the funniest thing I've heard on the radio in years"
BARRY CRYER October 2000
