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Lady Buoy's Visit

Chief registrar Malcolm Fox is stressed because of a very important visit by the office's patron, while Lorna is trying to organise their first ever civil funeral at the same time.

Births, Deaths and Marriages is the 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 single but why does he need to be married? 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, and ditzy Anita who may get her words and names mixed up occasionally but, as the only parent in the office, is a mother to them all.

In episode five, Malcolm's stressed because of a very important visit by the office's patron, Lady Wilton-Buoy, while Lorna is trying to organise their first ever civil funeral at the same time. Lorna has also just been on an internet date which ended up with her going to see a stage hypnotist - but she doesn't remember what happened.

Writers: David Schneider & Simon Jacobs

Producer: Simon Jacobs
A Unique production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 26 Apr 2017 22:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Malcolm David Schneider
Lorna Sarah Hadland
Anita Sandy McDade
Luke Russell Tovey
Mary Sally Bretton
Lady Wilton-Buoy Kate O'Sullivan
Iain Simon Greenall
Writer David Schneider
Writer Simon Jacobs
Producer Simon Jacobs

Broadcasts

  • Mon 12 Aug 2013 11:30
  • Wed 26 Apr 2017 22:30