Description

Jim Poysers BBC radio riotous sixpart comedy of time travel and delight

Jason Slater is a very average twentyfirstcentury English teacher from Cheadle Hulme but somehow wakes up after a few drinks in nineteenthcentury Macclesfield Apparently hes now Tarquin third son of Lord Belport with a faithful valet a suspicious brother a spurned exgirlfriend whos now going out with his brother and no obvious way hell ever get back home again

From toasted sandwich makers and the perfect beer to root canals and royal visits can Jason Tarquin that is change the course of history and make 1834 his playground Or will all his modern sentiments and inventions cause total disaster for the rest of time or at least the rest of his life A fun comedy of historical proportions 1834 Time Travelling Teacher is created by the writer of Stockport So Good They Named It Once and The Architects

Cast
Jason Slater Michael Begley
Ned Joe Caffery
Hoskins Kenneth Alan Taylor
Lord Belfort Mark Chatterton
Henry James Nickerson
Luddite/Highwayman Toby Hadoke
Millicent Julia Rounthwaite
Stubbs Glenn Cunningham
Duke of Cranmere John Craig
Queen Victoria Caroline Harding

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates
11 June 16 July 2003

Production credits
Written by Jim Poyser
Directed by Polly Thomas

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