Vent - Radio 4 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
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Neil Pearson, Fiona Allen, Josie Lawrence, Leslie Ash, Scarlett Milburn-Smith, Jo Martin, Stephen Frost, Spencer Brown and more
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A dark radio comedy about a man recovering from a coma.
In Series 1 and Series 2, Ben doesn't get out much... because he's in a coma. However, he does have an active imagination, a comfortable bed and his mum and wife at his side.
The 2009 special sees Ben spending time in a rehabilitation unit as he learns to speak and move again.
The third series sees Ben, a newly disabled man, return home. People see Ben differently and he starts to see them differently, too.
Vent is an original comedy about how a life-threatening illness can change peoples lives. It is based on the writer's own experiences (in 2001 Nigel Smith was rushed to hospital with a brain lesion so big the radiologist thought the scan had been taken post-mortem - he has written about this in more detail in his best selling book).
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- Utter Trivia
A more extensive guide to the series. - Wikipedia
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First broadcast
Tuesday 11th July 2006 at 11pm on BBC Radio 4
Most recent repeats
- Saturday 17th February 2024 at 11:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 3, Episode 6
- Saturday 10th February 2024 at 11:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 3, Episode 5
- Saturday 3rd February 2024 at 11:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Series 3, Episode 4