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Ankle Tag: Series 1-3
- A BBC Radio Comedy
- Narrated by: Steve Speirs, Elis James, Full Cast, Katy Wix
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
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Summary
All three series of the BBC radio sitcom about a fraudster dad on parole - plus pilot episode The Beginning
Ex-con Bob has done his time. After five years at Her Majesty's pleasure, he's been released on licence with an ankle tag registered to his estranged son's address. Uptight Gruff isn't too happy about it - he's just become a father himself, and the last thing he needs is his delinquent dad back in his life. But Bob turns on the charm, persuading sympathetic daughter-in-law Alice that his heart's in the right place, and manages to inveigle his way into moving in.
These three series find him getting back on the dating scene, landing a job as a bingo caller, catching up with an old acquaintance from C Wing and reconnecting with a long-lost family member. Meanwhile, Gruff is delighted when he's commissioned to write an article about smoothies, Alice bonds with Bob over ape-based reality show Monkey World, Gruff and Alice decide to get daughter Carys baptised and Alice's mum has a new boyfriend - but Bob is suspicious. Can he use his expert knowledge of the Falklands War to prove that Jeffrey's a conman?
Scripted by acclaimed comedy writers Gareth Gwynn and Benjamin Partridge, this quirky, warm-hearted sitcom stars Steve Speirs as Bob, with Elis James as Gruff and Katy Wix and Margaret Cabourn-Smith as Alice. Among the guest stars are Morwenna Banks, Neil Pearson, Felicity Montagu and Ben Willbond.
Please note: content has been updated as of January 2021
Credits
Published by Penguin Random House Ltd
Licensed by BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Production credits
Written by Gareth Gwynn and Benjamin Partridge
Produced by Victoria Lloyd (Pilot and Series 1 & 2) and Adnan Ahmed (Series 3)
Sound Designer: David Thomas
Production Co-Ordinator: Gwyn Davies
A BBC Studios Production
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 18 November 2015 ('The Beginning'), 30 August-13 September 2017 (Series 1), 31 October-21 November 2018 (Series 2), 28 May-2 July 2020 (Series 3)
Cast
Gruff - Elis James
Alice - Katy Wix/Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Bob - Steve Speirs
Linda/Mariella - Gemma Whelan
David/Terry - Oliver Maltman
Pam - Vivienne Acheampong/Anna Brophy Leon
Chris/Trevor/Monkey World announcer - Jason Forbes
Ruth/Ruby - Shola Adewusi
Margaret/Ena - Morwenna Banks
Keith/Father Mike/Anthony - Mike Wozniak
Richard Flint - Neil Pearson
Tabitha/Receptionist - Adelayo Adedayo
Hakan/Canteen Guy - Naz Osmanoglu
Lauren - Ruth Bratt
Nappy advert v/o - Anna Leong Brophy
Jeffrey - Simon Greenall
Elaine - Felicity Montagu
Graham- Ben Willbond
Cash and Carry Worker/Sara- Vivienne Acheampong
Rashid - Phaldut Sharma
Harry - Owen Money
Anna - Sally Tatum
Nicholas - Tom Crowley
Joanna - Emily Lloyd-Saini
Zara - Chiara Goldsmith
Simon - Jordan Brookes
Bailiff - Sanjeev Kohli
Darren - Kevin Eldon
Cashier - Emma Sidi
Rich - Jon Pointing
Megan - Gabby Best
Ian - Marek Larwood
Monica - Amy Gledhill
Quentin - Robert Bathurst
Roz - Julia Deakin
Shirley - Gbemisola Ikumelo
Barbara - Ruth Madoc
Derek - Joseph Marcell
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- Michael Barrett
- 15-03-21
love it
fantastic programme, loved it when it was on the radio and its great to be able to hear it whenever i want
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- Lauri Sim
- 24-05-21
Family Reunion gone wrong
Rhys has spent his life pretending his conman dad was dead or didn’t exist. However while preparing for a drinks night with fellow new parents, his dad Bob arrives, paroled and with an ankle tag, trapping him to the house. Together they must navigate their struggles- Bob to going straight and settling down and Rhys to being a father and a writer.
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- Alan Tully
- 17-10-20
Good old fashioned funny radio show
This show is not ground breaking or really that original but to be honest I don’t care. It’s got some good jokes in it and some excellent performances from the three main actors Ellis James, Katy wix and Steve speirs. Steve Speirs in particular gives a great performance as the lovable con man who manages to inveigle his way into his sons house and life. It’s a really easy show to listen too and the episodes fly by. You want something not too taxing but enjoyable I recommend this.
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- Ted
- 29-11-20
Warning: Episode Missing
The pilot episode appears twice in this product, once credited as the pilot and the second time as episode 4 of series 2, so the episode title "The All-nighter" is missing. (Admittedly, the two pilots have different casts, but this won't do.)
The glaring omission of a full episode aside, this is one of the better light BBC comedies you can get on Audible. There are no laugh-out-loud jokes, but the situations and overall tone is amusing enough without being annoying. It's just a pity about the missing episode.
The problem of missing content appears in many Audible issues of BBC shows (see also the BBC's "Party" and "99p Challenge"). It is really quite disappointing. Cannot recommend until this is rectified.
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- Me, not you
- 09-12-20
Great performance: but NOT complete
Shame: I find this easy listening, funny plots and great performances. However Audible can not call this COMPLETE as there is a missing episode. Although Audible can add titles instead of Chapter 1 etc, they rarely spend the time doing this. In this case they have, but instead of titles just added series and episode numbers. The BBC call the episode "The All Nighter", but in it;'s place (Series 2 Episode 4) there is a repeat of the pilot episode with a different actor! I contacted Audible help and quickly got a standard response that not all titles are available due to licensing issues. I could try requesting the title and Audible would see if it is available, When I responded that they had not really looked at my question (has the BBC really not released one of the episodes), I did not receive a reply.
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