Old Harry's Game - Radio 4 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
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Andy Hamilton, James Grout, Jimmy Mulville, Steven O'Donnell, Robert Duncan, Annette Crosbie, David Swift, Timothy West and more
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Life is not easy. Spending eternity in a place filled with fire and brimstone while the bottom half of you has been turned into a goat is even worse, but that is what Satan has to put up with.
Satan is somewhat world-weary (or rather underworld-weary), and spends most of his time torturing Thomas Quentin Crimp, the evilest human in the world, ignoring his sycophantic and grotesque assistant Scumspawn, and trying to argue with the Professor, a kind human who was sent to Hell because he was an atheist.
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Theme tune is "Resurrection" by Christopher Young, from the film Hellraiser.
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- BBC Homepage
A homepage for Old Harry's Game from BBC Radio 4. At the time of writing, nothing more than just episode data. - BBC Comedy guide
An article about the series from the BBC Comedy Guide. - Old Harry's Game
A comprehensive guide to the episodes. However at the time of writing this site has sadly not been updated since 2005, and thus the latest two series are missing. - British Comedy and Drama Website
A guide to some of the earlier episode of the series. - Wikipedia
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First broadcast
Thursday 23rd November 1995 at 11pm on BBC Radio 4
Next repeats
- Series 1, Episode 1: Sunday 6th October at 11pm on Radio 4 Extra
Most recent repeats
- Tuesday 13th February 2024 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 7, Episode 6
- Tuesday 6th February 2024 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 7, Episode 5
- Tuesday 30th January 2024 at 11:30pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 7, Episode 4