Subjects
The style and subject matter of the vignettes is varied, but some themes recur. * Unusual messages recorded on answering machines. * Readings of notes found in a guest book at a vacation home, featuring bizarre complaints. * Audio guides to museums that have obscure or bizarre exhibits. * Parodies of commentaries in the style of well-known personalities, sometimes read by the personalities themselves, such as Jeremy Clarkson reading "Top Dog", or bird expert Bill Oddie describing, in the style of a nature documentary, a typical encounter between Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. * Recitations of ideas such as personal crises, bad moods, T-shirt slogans etc., in the style of the Shipping Forecast. For example: :"And now with the time approaching 5 pm, :It's time for the mid-life crisis forecast... : :Forties; restless: three or four. :Marriage: stale; becoming suffocating. :Sportscar, jeans and t-shirt; westerly, five. :Waitress; blonde; 19 or 20. :Converse all stars; haircut; earring; children; :becoming embarrassed. :Tail between legs; atmosphere frosty; :Spare room: five or six."Performers
Performers include Graeme Garden, Dan Antopolski, Simon Greenall, Lizzie Roper, and Deborah Norton. Those appearing as themselves include Jeremy Clarkson and Bill Oddie.References
{{BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio comedy programmes BBC Radio 4 programmes