Reluctant Persuaders

Reluctant Persuaders is a BBC Radio 4 sitcom, written by Edward Rowett.[7] It stars Nigel Havers, Josie Lawrence, Matthew Baynton, Rasmus Hardiker, Olivia Nixon and Kieran Hodgson,[8][9] and was produced by Absolutely Productions.[10] It ran for three series, with a Christmas special, between September 2015 and November 2018.[11][12]

Reluctant Persuaders

Genre	Situation comedy
Running time	30 minutes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Radio 4
Starring	Nigel Havers Josie Lawrence Matthew Baynton Rasmus Hardiker Olivia Nixon Kieran Hodgson[1][2]
Written by	Edward Rowett[3]
Original release	15 September 2015[4] – 8 November 2018[5]
No. of series	3[6]
No. of episodes	14[6]
Website	Reluctant Persuaders at BBC Radio 4

Plot

Reluctant Persuaders follows Hardacre's, 'the worst advertising agency in London'.[13]

Cast

• Nigel Havers as Rupert Hardacre[14]
• Josie Lawrence as Amanda Brook[15]
• Mathew Baynton as Joe Starling[16]
• Rasmus Hardiker as Teddy (series 1 and 3 and Christmas special)[17]
• Kieran Hodgson as Teddy (series 2)[18]
• Olivia Nixon as Laura[19]

Episodes

Series One

Episode number	Title	Original airdate
1	"Lemon"	15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)
London's worst advertising agency plans to re-launch with a guerrilla marketing campaign.[20]
2	"We Try Harder"	22 September 2015 (2015-09-22)
Hardacre enlists Amanda's help to win back one of his old accounts.[21]
3	"The Best A Man Can Get"	29 September 2015 (2015-09-29)
Things are getting desperate for the staff of Hardacre's - the work is not coming in and accounts chief Amanda Brook finds herself reduced to pleading for the business of India.[22]
4	"Vorsprung Durch Technik"	6 October 2015 (2015-10-06)
The team are set to be featured in advertising industry magazine Campaign, but unfortunately the entire staff is trapped in a lift.[23]

Series Two

No.	Episode No.	Title	Original airdate
5	1	"Live Young"	6 April 2017 (2017-04-06)
6	2	"Just Do It"	13 April 2017 (2017-04-13)
7	3	"Give a Man a Fish"	20 April 2017 (2017-04-20)
8	4	"Think Different"	27 April 2017 (2017-04-27)

Series Three

No.	Episode No.	Title	Original airdate
9	1	"Ideas For Life"	4 October 2018 (2018-10-04)
10	2	"Happiest Place on Earth"	11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)
11	3	"Connecting People"	18 October 2018 (2018-10-18)
12	4	"Because She's Worth It"	25 October 2018 (2018-10-25)
13	5	"The Appliance of Science"	1 November 2018 (2018-11-01)

Special

Episode number	Title	Original airdate
14	"Holidays Are Coming"	16 November 2018 (2018-11-16)

Broadcast history

Reluctant Persuaders was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Repeats have since aired on BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Awards

Reluctant Persuaders won the award for Best Scripted Comedy (Studio Audience) at the 2016 BBC Audio Drama Awards.[24]

References

1. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders, Series 1, Lemon". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
2. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders, Series 2, Live Young". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
3. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
4. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders, Series 1, Lemon". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
5. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders, Series 3, Holidays Are Coming". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
6. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders - Available now". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
7. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
8. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders, Series 1, Lemon". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
9. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders, Series 2, Live Young". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
11. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders, Series 1, Lemon". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
12. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders, Series 3, Holidays Are Coming". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
13. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
14. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders, Series 1, Lemon". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
15. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders, Series 1, Lemon". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
16. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders, Series 3, Holidays Are Coming". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
17. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders, Series 1, Lemon". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
18. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders, Series 2, Live Young". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
19. "BBC Radio 4 - Reluctant Persuaders, Series 1, Lemon". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
20. https://www.radiotimes.com/radio-programme/e/hwvbjj/reluctant-persuaders--s1-e1-lemon/
21. https://www.radiotimes.com/radio-programme/e/dr8zcy/reluctant-persuaders--s1-e2-we-try-harder/
22. https://www.radiotimes.com/radio-programme/e/dsgjnj/reluctant-persuaders--s1-e3-the-best-a-man-can-get/
23. https://www.radiotimes.com/radio-programme/e/dsq4kn/reluctant-persuaders--s1-e4-vorsprung-durch-technik/
24. "Who won at the 2016 BBC Audio Drama Awards?". Radio Times. 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2020-05-10.

External links

• Reluctant Persuaders at BBC Programmes