Living with the Enemy - Nick Revell & Gyles Brandreth

By Nick Revell & Gyles Brandreth

Release Date: 2020-05-21

Genre: Fiction

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Living with the Enemy Nick Revell & Gyles Brandreth
All six episodes of the BBC radio comedy about two chalk-and-cheese flatmates

Nick Reynolds is a lefty alternative comedian-turned-holistic therapist. Living on the floor below him is Gyles Brandon, an ex-Tory MP turned media darling. Poles apart, theyโ€™d never choose each other as friends, but when Nick accidentally floods Gylesโ€™ apartment, they become reluctant flat-sharers.

Joined by Gylesโ€™ goddaughter Sophie Okuyu, the spoilt daughter of a corrupt African politician, the housemates get into various scrapes, including plotting to seek revenge on Gylesโ€™ ex-wife, trying to curry favour (and make some money) at a swanky Mayfair art gallery, and going on a celebratory night out which swiftly turns to disaster...

Written by and starring Gyles Brandreth as Gyles and Nick Revell as Nick, this Odd Couple story was inspired by a chance meeting between the pair at the Edinburgh Festival, where they hit it off despite being political opposites. Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle, Black Mirror) plays Sophie, and guest stars include Prunella Scales, Timothy West, Martin Jarvis and Neil Pearson.

Cast
Gyles Brandon โ€“ Gyles Brandreth
Nick Reynolds โ€“ Nick Revell
Sophie Okuyu โ€“ Gugu Mbatha-Raw
George Carstairs โ€“ Martin Jarvis
Taxi driver/Goon โ€“ Nathan Caton
Mr Longstaff/ Richard Dowdeswell/Piers/Brian/Barry โ€“ Martin Hyder
Shop assistant โ€“ Alys Torrance
Mrs Woodman โ€“ Prunella Scales
Mr Woodman โ€“ Timothy West
Charles Danbury โ€“ Nickolas Grace
Jana โ€“ Maria McErlane
Immigration officer/Asif โ€“ Dan Mersh
Olga โ€“ Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Rick โ€“ Neil Pearson

Written by Nick Revell and Gyles Brandreth
Produced by Ed Morrish
BA: Pamela Norris
Studio Managers: Alick Hale-Monro & Gary Newman
Archive BA: Kevin Gordon
Theme music composed and performed by Ben Walker

Living with the Enemy - Nick Revell & Gyles Brandreth

By Nick Revell & Gyles Brandreth

Release Date: 2020-05-21

Genre: Fiction

(0 ratings)
All six episodes of the BBC radio comedy about two chalk-and-cheese flatmates

Nick Reynolds is a lefty alternative comedian-turned-holistic therapist. Living on the floor below him is Gyles Brandon, an ex-Tory MP turned media darling. Poles apart, theyโ€™d never choose each other as friends, but when Nick accidentally floods Gylesโ€™ apartment, they become reluctant flat-sharers.

Joined by Gylesโ€™ goddaughter Sophie Okuyu, the spoilt daughter of a corrupt African politician, the housemates get into various scrapes, including plotting to seek revenge on Gylesโ€™ ex-wife, trying to curry favour (and make some money) at a swanky Mayfair art gallery, and going on a celebratory night out which swiftly turns to disaster...

Written by and starring Gyles Brandreth as Gyles and Nick Revell as Nick, this Odd Couple story was inspired by a chance meeting between the pair at the Edinburgh Festival, where they hit it off despite being political opposites. Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle, Black Mirror) plays Sophie, and guest stars include Prunella Scales, Timothy West, Martin Jarvis and Neil Pearson.

Cast
Gyles Brandon โ€“ Gyles Brandreth
Nick Reynolds โ€“ Nick Revell
Sophie Okuyu โ€“ Gugu Mbatha-Raw
George Carstairs โ€“ Martin Jarvis
Taxi driver/Goon โ€“ Nathan Caton
Mr Longstaff/ Richard Dowdeswell/Piers/Brian/Barry โ€“ Martin Hyder
Shop assistant โ€“ Alys Torrance
Mrs Woodman โ€“ Prunella Scales
Mr Woodman โ€“ Timothy West
Charles Danbury โ€“ Nickolas Grace
Jana โ€“ Maria McErlane
Immigration officer/Asif โ€“ Dan Mersh
Olga โ€“ Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Rick โ€“ Neil Pearson

Written by Nick Revell and Gyles Brandreth
Produced by Ed Morrish
BA: Pamela Norris
Studio Managers: Alick Hale-Monro & Gary Newman
Archive BA: Kevin Gordon
Theme music composed and performed by Ben Walker

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