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Potting On

Field	Value
show_name	Potting On
format	Sitcom
runtime	30 minutes
country	United Kingdom
language	English
home_station	BBC Radio 4
starring	Pam Ayres
Geoffrey Whitehead
writer	Chris Thompson
Peter Reynolds
Pam Ayres (extra material)
producer	Clare Jones
first_aired	27 February 2008
last_aired	2 April 2008
num_series	1
num_episodes	6
opentheme	"Young at Heart"
website	At BBC Radio 4

Geoffrey Whitehead Peter Reynolds Pam Ayres (extra material) Potting On is a radio situation comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It stars poet and author Pam Ayres and veteran actor Geoffrey Whitehead as an aging couple running a garden centre with the help of various oddball employees. The supporting cast includes Trevor Bannister, Alex Tregear, and Karl Theobald. The show is written by Chris Thompson and Peter Reynolds.

Plot

Pam (Pam Ayres) and Gordon (Geoffrey Whitehead) are a long-married couple who run a small garden centre. Gordon is a creature of habit while Pam longs to break out of her humdrum routine. The humour revolves around her efforts to persuade him to try something new, or at least stop holding her back. For instance, for their annual holiday, Gordon is content to return to their caravan which has been parked for years in Swanage, while she tries to organize a trip to some exotic location overseas, or at least somewhere other than Swanage.

Other employees also appear including teenager Carol, the cashier, who is a modern girl and has an array of boyfriends, naïve deputy manager Dave who has an attraction to Carol, and bizarre elderly gardener Roy who occasionally has a good idea.

Format

Geoffrey Whitehead's role is to set up situations into which Pam Ayres delivers punchlines in her distinctive brogue. For example, in an episode where Gordon becomes obsessed by an Indiana Jones-style computer game and stays up till the early hours of the morning, there is the following exchange:

:Gordon: I'm trying to find the hidden treasures of Nefertiti! :Pam: Well come to bed then, I'll make sure you get yer 'ands on 'em!

The same actors portray Pam and Gordon in sketches on the comedy and poetry show Ayres on the Air.

Cast

Pam Grant - Pam Ayres
Gordon Grant - Geoffrey Whitehead
Carol - Alex Tregear
Dave - Karl Theobald
Roy - Trevor Bannister

Episodes

Episode No.	Title	Original airdate
Title = Stones	2008	2	27	df=y}}	EpisodeNumber = 1

Broadcast history

The show was broadcast originally on BBC Radio 4, with repeat broadcasts airing on BBC Radio 7 and BBC Radio 4 Extra.

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