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'Births, Deaths and Marriages' is a brand new sitcom set in a Local Authority Register Office where the staff deal with the three greatest events in anybody's life.
Written by David Schneider ('The Day Today', 'I'm Alan Partridge'), he stars as chief registrar Malcolm Fox who is a stickler for rules and would be willing to interrupt any wedding service if the width of the bride infringes health and safety. He's unmarried but why does he need to be? He's married thousands of women.
Alongside him are rival and divorcee Lorna who has been parachuted in from Car Parks to drag the office (and Malcolm) into the 21st century. To her marriage isn't just about love and romance, it's got to be about making a profit in our new age of austerity.
There's also the ever spiky Mary, geeky Luke who's worried he'll end up like Malcolm one day, while ditzy Anita may get her words and names mixed up occasionally but as the only parent in the office, she's a mother to them all.
Producer: Simon Jacobs
A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
Cast:
Malcolm ..... David Schneider
Lorna ......Sarah Hadland
Anita .....Sandy McDade
Luke ...... Russell Tovey
Mary ..... Sally Bretton
With Mel Hudson, Michael Fenton Stevens, Gina Peach, Arran Glass, Andrew Brooke, Jane Whittenshaw, Kerry Godliman and Simon Greenall
Six episodes, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May and June 2012.
Episode 1 (25th May 2012)
In the first episode, Malcolm meets a mysterious client who persuades him to start taking risks while Lorna tries to break the Woodborough Register Office record for the most weddings in one day.
Episode 2 (1st June 2012)
In this episode, the team are horrified that the media have been invited to one of Malcolm's citizenship ceremonies, Anita's got problems with childcare and Luke's having a 'quarter life' crisis.
Episode 3 (8th June 2012)
In this episode, Malcolm is distracted by a breast feeding mother during a birth registration, causing Lorna to suspect he might have made his first ever mistake...
Episode 4 (15th June 2012)
In this episode, Lorna's latest brainwave to let school children into the office brings back unhappy memories of bullying for Malcolm & Luke and a missing register causes chaos.
Episode 5 (22nd June 2012)
In this episode, Malcolm loses his registrar mojo when his ex-girlfriend Emma comes into the office to register her marriage while Lorna tries to introduce themed weddings.
Episode 6 (29th June 2012)
In this episode, the team is thrown into panic as Lorna announces there may be job cuts while Malcolm joins a dating website, fearing that unmarried registrars may be made redundant.
Media Type: MPEG Audio, Version 1, Layer 3
Audio: 162 to 171 Kbps (Variable), 44.1 KHz, Joint stereo
Length: 27mn 39s 951ms to 28mn 2s 886ms
Source: BBC iPlayer (AAC @ 128 Kbps)
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