Main content
This programme will be available shortly after broadcast

Episode 1

Little Blighty on the DownSeries 5
Episode 1 of 5

Can Parish Council leader John Barnum satisfy the new doctor's demands? Political satire with John Baddeley. From 1992.

Can Parish Council leader John Barnum satisfy the new doctor's demands?

Early '90s political satirical soap opera set in the strangely familiar village of Little Blighty.

Life here is pretty uneventful, though the humdrum happenings include social turmoil, economic upheaval and vicious political squabbles.

Written by Mark Burton, John O'Farrell and Mike Coleman.

Starring:

Jo Kendall
Michael Troughton
John Baddeley
Bernadine Corrigan
Jonathan Kydd
Daniel Strauss
Alistair McGowan

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.

30 minutes

On radio

Fri 10 Jul 202607:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

More episodes

Previous

You are at the first episode

Next

Episode 2Series 5

See all episodes from Little Blighty on the Down

Broadcasts

  • Thu 7 Oct 201009:00
    BBC Radio 7
  • Thu 7 Oct 201017:00
    BBC Radio 7
  • Fri 8 Oct 201004:00
    BBC Radio 7
  • Tue 22 Aug 202308:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 22 Aug 202313:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 22 Aug 202318:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 23 Aug 202303:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 10 Jul 202607:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 10 Jul 202612:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 10 Jul 202618:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 11 Jul 202602:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra