Audiobooks by Laurence Howarth

Rigor Mortis: The Complete Series 1-3: A BBC Radio 4 Black Comedy

'Wonderfully funny... the wit flashes as brightly as the scalpels' Sunday Times 'The sharpest, blackest and most original sitcom I've heard in years' Observer All 18 episodes of the sitcom set in the fascinating but misunderstood world of the pathology lab Meet Dr Anthony Webster and Dr Ruth Anderson, two pathologists attempting to live normal lives in an atmosphere of death, decay and seriously unpleasant smells. Anthony loves his chosen profession, finding every cadaver exciting and surprising: 'they're like Kinder eggs that have died'. Ruth, however, longs for a juicy murder mystery, instead of one routine autopsy after another. Together, they perform post-mortems under the watchful eye of their enthusiastic head of department, Professor Donaldson, a man who's never short of a new initiative or NHS directive to implement. Also keeping the mortuary alive are hard-drinking lab assistant Gordon, no-nonsense secretary Chloe, and ineffectual police sergeant Simon, who unfortunately gets queasy around corpses. Throughout these three series, the team tackle a 'live' radio autopsy, a dearth of dead bodies, and a health scare in the lab; find themselves forced to work on Christmas Day due to a department store drama, and witness a retirement, a leaving party, an overdue baby - and a death... Scripted by Laurence Howarth, one of the lead writers on Dead Ringers and co-star of Radio 4's Laurence & Gus, this delightfully dark comedy is like Silent Witness, only slightly less ridiculous. It stars Peter Davison as Anthony, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Matilda Ziegler as Ruth and Geoffrey Whitehead as Professor Donaldson, with Tom Price as Gordon, Marianne Levy as Chloe and Gus Brown as Simon. Dr Anthony Webster - Peter Davison Dr Ruth Anderson - Tracy-Ann Oberman/Matilda Ziegler Professor Donaldson - Geoffrey Whitehead Gordon - Tom Price Chloe - Marianne Levy Simon - Gus Brown David/Patient - Stephen Critchlow Elaine/Mrs Fitzherbert/Alison/Mrs Wealands/Mrs Dance - Beth Chalmers Mrs Renfield - Rachel Atkins Daniel Kasper - Laurence Howarth Margaret - Lauren Bird Prof Van den Hoogenband - Chris Pavlo Mr Reeve - Nicholas Boulton Mrs Anderson - Paula Wilcox Norman - Lewis Aaltonen Dr Betzatzoglu - Alex Lowe Matthew - Steven Kynman Mrs Wantage - Felicity Montagu Mr Wantage - Kim Wall Dorothy - Joanna Brookes Interviewer/Mr Dance - Gerard McDermott © 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Laurence Howarth (Author), Peter Davidson, Tracy-Ann Oberman (Narrator)

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Killing It: The Complete Series 1-3 of the BBC radio comedy sitcom

Broadcast initially as Safety Catch, all twelve episodes of the BBC Radio 4 comedy of modern morality set in the world of arms dealing Simon McGrath is a nice chap - he donates blood, he recycles, he cares about the world. He just happens to work as an arms dealer - or a 'defence and security equipment system solutions broker' as he prefers to call it. It wasn't planned, and what he really wants is to pursue is his career in electronic music, but until that takes off he'll stay where he is. After all, he has to pay his mortgage like everyone else... In these three series, Simon goes to extreme lengths to prove to everyone just how guilt-ridden he feels about doing the job he does, from considering becoming a whistleblower to deciding to quit when he has to sell uniforms to child soldiers. As he tries to salve his conscience, he decides to do his job really badly (only to find out that he secretly loves it), attempts to gain redundancy (but gets a promotion instead) and wonders whether he should seek forgiveness (but surely he has absolutely nothing to be forgiven for - does he?) Meanwhile, his personal life is proving equally problematic, as he and his needy girlfriend Anna contemplate having a baby, survive a visit from her parents and try to find reasons why they still love each other... Written by Laurence Howarth and John Finnemore, this controversial black comedy stars Darren Boyd (Killing Eve) as Simon and Joanna Page (Gavin & Stacey) as Anna. Written by Laurence Howarth and John Finnemore (Series 1, Episode 3) Produced by Dawn Ellis First broadcast BBC Radio 4: 26 September-17 October 2007, (Series 1), 1-22 April 2009 (Series 2), 5-26 November 2010 (Series 3) Cast Simon McGrath........................Darren Boyd Anna Grieg........................Joanna Page Boris Kemal........................Lewis MacLeod Judith McGrath........................Sarah Smart Angela McGrath........................Brigit Forsyth Mr Njai........................Ben Onwukwe Sophie........................Catherine Shepherd Ol........................Nicholas Boulton Mr Kendall........................John Dougall Madeleine Turnbull........................Rachel Atkins Peter/Guide........................Gus Brown Paramedic/Roger/Dave........................Philip Fox Marcus/Richard........................Dan Mersh Julius........................Nyasha Hatendi Charles........................John Schwab Glenys/Sarah........................Di Botcher Hugh/Vicar........................Mike Hayward With Beth Chalmers

Laurence Howarth (Author), Darren Boyd, Joanna Page (Narrator)

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