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Tome Raider

Episode 3 of 4

Alice and Snoo seek help to save Dr Cadogan from disgrace, as Simon’s feelings hit an obstacle. With Rebecca Front. From 2015.

Alice and Snoo have to elicit the help of Alice's father to save Dr Cadogan from disgrace.

Meanwhile Simon's feelings for Alice face an unexpected obstacle.

Meet Alice, a former child prodigy who won a place at Oxford aged 9 but, because Daddy went too, she never needed to have any friends. She's scared of everything - everything that is, except libraries and Snoo, a slightly confused individual, with a have-a-go attitude to life, marriage, haircuts and reality. Snoo loves books, and fully intends to read one one day.

And forever popping into the library is Dr. Cadogan, celebrity doctor to the stars and a man with his finger in every pie. Charming, indiscreet and quite possibly wanted by Interpol, if you want a discrete nip and tuck and then photos of it accidentally left on the photocopier, Dr Cadogan is your man.

Their happy life is interrupted by the arrival of Simon Nielson, a man with a mission, a mission to close down inefficient libraries. Fortunately, he hates his mission. What he really wants to do is once, just once, get even with his inexhaustible supply of high-achieving brothers.

Written by Morwenna Banks and Rebecca Front.

Alice ...... Rebecca Front
Snoo ...... Morwenna Banks
Simon Neilson ...... Ben Willbond
Dr Cadogan ...... Michael Fenton Stevens
Daddy ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Spong Customer ...... Matt Green

Based on an idea developed with Armando Iannucci.

Producer: David Tyler

A Pozzitive production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2015.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 16 Nov 2023 02:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Alice Rebecca Front
Snoo Morwenna Banks
Simon Neilson Ben Willbond
Dr Cadogan Michael Fenton Stevens
Daddy Geoffrey Whitehead
Spong Customer Matt Green
Writer Morwenna Banks
Writer Rebecca Front
Producer David Tyler

Broadcasts

  • Fri 2 Oct 2015 11:30
  • Tue 29 Aug 2017 18:30
  • Tue 29 Aug 2017 18:45
  • Tue 5 Sep 2017 07:30
  • Tue 5 Sep 2017 17:30
  • Tue 5 Sep 2017 22:00
  • Wed 6 Sep 2017 05:30
  • Thu 2 May 2019 07:00
  • Thu 2 May 2019 17:00
  • Fri 3 May 2019 05:00
  • Tue 22 Sep 2020 07:00
  • Tue 22 Sep 2020 17:00
  • Wed 23 Sep 2020 05:00
  • Wed 15 Nov 2023 07:30
  • Wed 15 Nov 2023 12:30
  • Wed 15 Nov 2023 17:30
  • Thu 16 Nov 2023 02:30