Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (original) (raw)
Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends is a BBC Radio 4 comedy series written by and starring Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall, which ran from 2001 to 2005. It revolves around the mundane lives of Robin and Wendy Mayfield who live on an anonymous estate in Stevenage. Robin tends to be self-centred, demanding and controlling in his relationships. Wendy, however, always seems to see the positive side of any situation, and, while often frustrated, copes with Robin admirably. Both Robin and Wendy have relatively meaningless bureaucratic jobs. Robin manages shipping and receiving for a warehouse, and Wendy works in local government.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| dbo:abstract | Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends is a BBC Radio 4 comedy series written by and starring Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall, which ran from 2001 to 2005. It revolves around the mundane lives of Robin and Wendy Mayfield who live on an anonymous estate in Stevenage. Robin tends to be self-centred, demanding and controlling in his relationships. Wendy, however, always seems to see the positive side of any situation, and, while often frustrated, copes with Robin admirably. Both Robin and Wendy have relatively meaningless bureaucratic jobs. Robin manages shipping and receiving for a warehouse, and Wendy works in local government. To their disappointment (mainly Wendy's), they find themselves unable to have children. Consequently, their considerable energies are channeled into building and maintaining Mayfield, the model village in their garage. Robin drives a decrepit Triumph Herald, claiming it to be a "classic British car". Wendy becomes pregnant in the penultimate episode of Series 3, due to an affair with a patient at the hospital where Robin lies in a coma after an accident at work. The arrival of the baby is a major element in Series 4. Their next-door neighbours Derek and Maureen also have no children, although Derek has children from a previous marriage. Before suffering burnout and a breakdown, Derek was a legend among salesmen. Now he is usually undergoing treatment with one or more drugs to address his psychological problems, which often trigger erratic behavior when he takes too much or too little. Maureen tends to be involved in the latest get-rich-quick scheme, although none of them turn out to be too successful. To make matters worse, she dumped her previous husband for Derek, and openly regrets having done so. Each episode focuses on one particular event or activity and details the usually absurd outcome brought about by the group. The humour is gentle, yet the storylines encourage sympathy for the characters. The first series was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. Four series and one special, a total of 19 episodes, have been broadcast up to the end of 2005. Early episodes were co-written by Kay Stonham, who also plays Wendy, and Simon Greenall who played Robin. In the third and fourth series Robin was played by Brian Capron and Kay Stonham was the sole credited writer. The show is repeated from time to time on BBC Radio 4 Extra and occasionally on Radio 4. (en) |
| dbo:country | dbr:United_Kingdom |
| dbo:format | dbr:Situation_comedy |
| dbo:language | dbr:English_language |
| dbo:producer | dbr:Claire_Bartlett dbr:Mario_Stylianides |
| dbo:starring | dbr:Brian_Capron dbr:Debra_Stephenson dbr:Martin_Trenaman dbr:Simon_Greenall dbr:Amelia_Bullmore dbr:Kay_Stonham dbr:Phil_Cornwell |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink | http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/r/ro/robin_and_wendy_s_wet_weekends.html |
| dbo:wikiPageID | 9386966 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength | 6099 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID | 1069752873 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink | dbr:Entertaining_Mr_Sloane dbr:Mundane dbr:Brian_Capron dbr:Death dbr:Debra_Stephenson dbr:Hobnob_biscuit dbr:Little_Boxes dbr:Bureaucratic dbr:United_Kingdom dbc:BBC_Radio_comedy_programmes dbr:Coma dbr:Crocus dbr:Optimism dbr:English_language dbr:Genie dbr:Control_freak dbr:Martin_Trenaman dbr:Anniversary dbr:Malvina_Reynolds dbr:Simon_Greenall dbr:Situation_comedy dbr:Stereophonic_sound dbr:Stevenage dbr:Housing_estate dbr:Surreal_humour dbr:Sympathy dbr:BBC_Radio_4 dbr:BBC_Radio_4_Extra dbr:Baby_Love dbc:2003_radio_programme_debuts dbr:Cavalier dbr:Triumph_Herald dbr:Waltz dbr:Dream dbr:Lassie dbr:About_a_Boy_(film) dbr:Alan_Ayckbourn dbr:Alka-Seltzer dbr:Amelia_Bullmore dbr:Amphibian dbr:And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time dbr:Kay_Stonham dbr:Heimlich_manoeuvre dbr:Humour dbr:Egocentrism dbr:Autumn dbr:Phil_Cornwell dbr:Space_Oddity dbr:Infertility dbr:Mike_Leigh dbr:Salsa_music dbr:Get-rich-quick_scheme dbr:Scale_model dbr:The_Bonnie_Banks_O'_Loch_Lomond dbr:Claire_Bartlett dbr:Garage_(house) dbr:Fete dbr:Mario_Stylianides |
| dbo:writer | dbr:Simon_Greenall dbr:Kay_Stonham |
| dbp:audioFormat | dbr:Stereophonic_sound |
| dbp:country | United Kingdom (en) |
| dbp:firstAired | 2001-12-28 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:format | dbr:Situation_comedy |
| dbp:homeStation | dbr:BBC_Radio_4 |
| dbp:language | dbr:English_language |
| dbp:lastAired | 2005-08-12 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:numEpisodes | 19 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:numSeries | 4 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:opentheme | Little Boxes by Malvina Reynolds (en) |
| dbp:otherNames | Robin And Wendy's Wet Edinburgh Weekend (en) |
| dbp:producer | dbr:Claire_Bartlett dbr:Mario_Stylianides |
| dbp:runtime | 1800.0 |
| dbp:showName | Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (en) |
| dbp:starring | dbr:Brian_Capron dbr:Debra_Stephenson dbr:Martin_Trenaman dbr:Simon_Greenall dbr:Amelia_Bullmore dbr:Kay_Stonham dbr:Phil_Cornwell |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate | dbt:British_Comedy_Guide dbt:Epguides dbt:Flag_icon dbt:Reflist dbt:Use_British_English dbt:Use_dmy_dates dbt:Infobox_Radio_Show |
| dbp:writer | dbr:Simon_Greenall dbr:Kay_Stonham |
| dcterms:subject | dbc:BBC_Radio_comedy_programmes dbc:2003_radio_programme_debuts |
| gold:hypernym | dbr:Series |
| rdf:type | owl:Thing schema:CreativeWork dbo:Work wikidata:Q1555508 wikidata:Q386724 dbo:RadioProgram dbo:TelevisionShow |
| rdfs:comment | Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends is a BBC Radio 4 comedy series written by and starring Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall, which ran from 2001 to 2005. It revolves around the mundane lives of Robin and Wendy Mayfield who live on an anonymous estate in Stevenage. Robin tends to be self-centred, demanding and controlling in his relationships. Wendy, however, always seems to see the positive side of any situation, and, while often frustrated, copes with Robin admirably. Both Robin and Wendy have relatively meaningless bureaucratic jobs. Robin manages shipping and receiving for a warehouse, and Wendy works in local government. (en) |
| rdfs:label | Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (en) |
| owl:sameAs | freebase:Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends wikidata:Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends https://global.dbpedia.org/id/4uCyd |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom | wikipedia-en:Robin_and_Wendy's_Wet_Weekends?oldid=1069752873&ns=0 |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:Robin_and_Wendy's_Wet_Weekends |
| foaf:name | Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (en) |
| is dbo:wikiPageRedirects of | dbr:Robin_and_Wendy's_Wet_Weekends_(radio_series) |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of | dbr:List_of_radio_comedies dbr:Lucy_Montgomery_(actress) dbr:List_of_BBC_Radio_4_programmes dbr:Kay_Stonham dbr:Robin_and_Wendy's_Wet_Weekends_(radio_series) |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:Robin_and_Wendy's_Wet_Weekends |