Continuity - Episode 1

A continuity announcer's booth can be a lonely place - especially on the late shift, when you've barely seen your wife and children for a week. Still, this Radio 4 continuity announcer is a consummate professional, and he's not going to let his own insignificant little problems get in the way of your listening pleasure. Especially when there are so many exciting programmes coming up for him to tell you about. At least, some of them are exciting. Some of them aren't quite his cup of tea, if he's honest, but that's not really the point, is it? They may be right up your street. It's not really his place to express an opinion. Even if it is tempting. This may be a come-down from heady days spent announcing on the Today programme, but he's got a job to do. Though sometimes it is rather difficult to concentrate... Alistair McGowan stars in this subversive new sitcom about a continuity announcer, brooding on the escalating disasters of his private and professional life at the same time as attempting to give us a preview of the programmes on offer in the coming week on Radio 4. Or what might be Radio 4 in a parallel universe. Trails for The Ethical Enigma, Britain's Favourite Sound and The History of Britain One Year at a Time are just some of the strange delights on offer in the world of this 'radio professional' who harbours a slightly inappropriate relationship with his audience. Written by Hugh Rycroft - stalwart of The News Quiz and co-creator of Parliamentary Questions and Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue, the series also features the voices of Lewis Macleod, Sally Grace, Charlotte Page and David Holt. Producers: David Spicer and Frank Stirling A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.