The Hudson and Pepperdine Show
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The Hudson and Pepperdine show is a comedy sketch show vehicle on BBC Radio 4
(repeated on BBC 7
) for the duo Melanie Hudson
and Vicki Pepperdine
. Four series have been broadcast, in 2000 (4 episodes), 2001 (4 episodes), 2003 (10 episodes) and 2005 (6 episodes, of which 5 were broadcast). They also did a single Afternoon Play in 2008 titled Hudson and Pepperdine Save the Planet. Other regular cast members include Martin Hyder, Jim North
, and Dave Lamb
.
The show has the premise of Hudson and Pepperdine as flatmates who present a radio show from their flat, with comedy deriving from visitors to the flat and the situations in which the duo find themselves. However, the show differs from a sitcom as the interactions of Hudson and Pepperdine simply serve to link together more traditional sketch based material with strands featuring a men's support group; rough neighbourhood girls; Edie Trinder, a pastiche of wartime radio comedy; and their upstairs neighbours, the 'Dirty Sloanes
'. The show theme music is a customised version of Barry Manilow
's Copacabana
.
The planned first show for the fourth and most recent series, scheduled to be broadcast on 7 July 2005, was pulled due to that day's terrorist attacks
in London as it depicted Mel and Vicki's interaction with the government's emergency warning leaflet.
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
(repeated on BBC 7
BBC 7
BBC Radio 4 Extra, formerly known as BBC 7 and BBC Radio 7, is a British digital radio station broadcasting comedy, drama, and children's programming nationally 24 hours a day. It is the principal broadcasting outlet for the BBC's archive of spoken-word entertainment...
) for the duo Melanie Hudson
Melanie Hudson
Melanie Hudson is an English actress and comedian, one half of the double act Hudson and Pepperdine along with Vicki Pepperdine . The pair wrote and star in BBC Radio 4's The Hudson and Pepperdine Show....
and Vicki Pepperdine
Vicki Pepperdine
Vicki Pepperdine is an English actress and comedian. She co-writes and stars in the BBC Four sitcom Getting On along with Jo Brand and Joanna Scanlan...
. Four series have been broadcast, in 2000 (4 episodes), 2001 (4 episodes), 2003 (10 episodes) and 2005 (6 episodes, of which 5 were broadcast). They also did a single Afternoon Play in 2008 titled Hudson and Pepperdine Save the Planet. Other regular cast members include Martin Hyder, Jim North
Jim North
James Morris North was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Central Washington University....
, and Dave Lamb
Dave Lamb
Dave Lamb is a British actor and voice-over artist best known for his work on Come Dine with Me as well as appearances in British television and radio programmes, especially comedy programmes. He also currently presents the CBBC game show Horrible Histories: Gory Games.- Early work :Lamb's first...
.
The show has the premise of Hudson and Pepperdine as flatmates who present a radio show from their flat, with comedy deriving from visitors to the flat and the situations in which the duo find themselves. However, the show differs from a sitcom as the interactions of Hudson and Pepperdine simply serve to link together more traditional sketch based material with strands featuring a men's support group; rough neighbourhood girls; Edie Trinder, a pastiche of wartime radio comedy; and their upstairs neighbours, the 'Dirty Sloanes
Sloane Ranger
The term Sloane Ranger refers to a stereotype in the UK of young, upper class or upper-middle-class women, or men who share distinctive and common lifestyle traits...
'. The show theme music is a customised version of Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana ."...
's Copacabana
Copacabana (song)
"Copacabana", also known as "Copacabana ", is a 1978 song which was sung by Barry Manilow and written by Jack Feldman, Barry Manilow, and Bruce Sussman.-Song information:...
.
The planned first show for the fourth and most recent series, scheduled to be broadcast on 7 July 2005, was pulled due to that day's terrorist attacks
7 July 2005 London bombings
The 7 July 2005 London bombings were a series of co-ordinated suicide attacks in the United Kingdom, targeting civilians using London's public transport system during the morning rush hour....
in London as it depicted Mel and Vicki's interaction with the government's emergency warning leaflet.
External links
- The Hudson and Pepperdine Show at the BBC Radio 4 website
- Hudson and Pepperdine Save the Planet at the BBC Radio 4 website