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The Elephant Malcolm

4 Extra Debut. Chief registrar Malcolm Fox blunders by seeing the dentist before a local radio interview. Stars David Schneider. From July 2013.

Births, Deaths and Marriages - returning for a second series - 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 this first episode, Malcolm makes the mistake of doing a local radio interview after a trip to the dentist, while Lorna wants to raise the profile of the office by inviting the press to witness a sham marriage bust by the UK Border Agency. Luke is appalled at Mary's love of men in uniform, while Anita has some unexpected news.

Producer: Simon Jacobs
A Unique production for 成人快手 Radio 4.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 29 Mar 2017 22:30

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Credits

Role Contributor
Writer David Schneider
Malcolm David Schneider
Lorna Sarah Hadland
Anita Sandy McDade
Luke Russell Tovey
Mary Sally Bretton
Andrea Melanie Hudson
Tony Lewis Macleod
Joe Duncan Wisbey
Producer Simon Jacobs

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  • Mon 15 Jul 2013 11:30
  • Wed 29 Mar 2017 22:30