Big Town, All Stars: A BBC Radio 4 Comedy

A hilarious BBC Radio sitcom of big dreams, small towns, and rock'n'roll!When Kenny (Stephen Tompkinson) gives up his life in the geography classroom to join a struggling a capella group with a beautician, a dentist and a boxer, he doesn't realise he'll soon be in the best band on the wedding circuit—and fronting the potential future of rock 'n' roll....Between trying to manage the band's failing love lives and their battling ambitions, Kenny finds that chaos greets them wherever they go. Arguments about who gets to sing the lead? Check. Rowing about recording contracts? Check. Selling out for a TV talent show? Check.Even if their only gigs are the engagement parties of their exes and a 'cruise ship' that's really a reconditioned destroyer, it doesn't mean they can't all dream of the big wealthy widows, international rock star glamour, private jets. It's just a pity that it looks more like old school reunions and the same old small time rows....A rib-tickling mixture of music and comedy from the writers of Peep Show, Dead Ringers, and The Now Show, and starring Stephen Tompkinson (Wild at Heart, Drop the Dead Donkey, Brassed Off), Nicola Walker (Last Tango in Halifax, Doctor The Audio Adventures, Unforgotten), Adrian Scarborough (Killing Eve, Crashing, Miranda) and Clive Rowe (The Story of Tracy Beaker, Harry Hill). Also featuring Meera Syal, Henrietta Garden, Dan Strauss, Darren Boyd and Matthew Little.Written and devised by Bill DareWritten by Giles New, Jessie Armstrong and Sam BaineProducer Gareth EdwardsStephen TompkinsonClive RoweAdrian ScarboroughDoon MackichanNicola WalkerMeera SyalBrian BovellRachel Preece Debra StephensonDave LambGiles NewMatthew LittleTony GardnerRobert WebbBill DareDarren BoydDan StraussHenrietta GardenStephen PowellRaquel CassidyFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, February-March 2000 and July 2001