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Old Harry’s Game

The Complete Series of the Award-Winning BBC Radio 4 Comedy

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Old Harry’s Game

By: Andy Hamilton
Narrated by: Andy Hamilton, James Grout, Jimmy Mulville, Robert Duncan, David Swift, Timothy West, Annette Crosbie, full cast
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All seven series of Andy Hamilton's fiendishly funny award-winning comedy set in Hell.

Welcome to Hell—where nobody can ever quite catch the barman's eye. In this collection, which contains all seven series of Old Harry's Game, get ready for some wicked one-liners and scorching satire.

Satan is fed up after a millennia in charge of Hell, especially given the prospect of an eternity still running the damned place. Although he does enjoy playing pranks on the world of the living and devising wry torments for the souls in his keeping, he often wistfully recalls his past as an archangel...

Over the course of the series, we meet various famous figures now languishing in Hell, including a foul-mouthed Jane Austen, a mindless Helen of Troy and a less-than-heroic Samson. Satan takes Hell resident Thomas on a tour of his life, his assistant Scumspawn has trouble with a pushy computer, and love drives The Professor to extreme action. Satan and The Professor find a huge, empty space in Hell (when they enter Scumspawn's brain), a Health and Safety officer notes that the lighting is inadequate, and Satan punishes a feng shui expert. And then Edith arrives...

Seven series of the Sony Award-winning comedy (plus the Christmas and Olympic specials) starring Andy Hamilton as Satan and a regular cast of acclaimed actors including Annette Crosbie as Edith, Timothy West as God, James Grout as The Professor, Jimmy Mulville as Thomas and Robert Duncan as Scumspawn.

Production credits

Written by Andy Hamilton

Produced by Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 23 November-28 December 1995 (Series 1), 7 April-12 May 1998 (Series 2), 24 March-28 April 1999 (Series 3), 29 March-3 May 2001 (Series 4), 31 December 2002-1 January 2003 (2002 Christmas Special), 20 September-11 October 2005 (Series 5), 27 September-1 November 2007 (Series 6), 19 February-26 March 2009 (Series 7), 23 December-30 December 2010 (2010 Christmas Special), 12 July-19 July 2012 (Olympic Special).

©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Dark Humour Literature & Fiction Satire Witty Funny Thought-Provoking

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Critic reviews

"Satirical, philosophical—and devilishly funny." (Gillian Reynolds, Daily Telegraph)

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Love this series but always been loathed to buy it series by series- brilliant to have it all together. More of these please BBC and Audible.

Finally!!

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Having the whole series in one book is wonderful.

So enjoyable and true to life on so many different levels.

Andy Hamilton & Timothy West are excellent narrators.

Would recommend this to anyone.

Brilliant book

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Funny cleaver dry witty radio comedy at its best

Funny cleaver dry witty radio comedy at its best

Brilliant

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Love love love this show. however I want to point some glitches in the 'Nero' episode at 20m 20secs and 24m 1 secs in case it can fixed

love this radio show

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Kept me entertained on trains, busses and plains, people would look at me and wonder what I was laughing at.

Excellent

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I loved listening to this series when it was first broadcast and was delighted where to find it on BBC Sounds, but they’re always gaps with some episodes missing. Finding the complete series on Audible has been a complete joy.

The clever use of language, along with the quick wittiness of delivery by the cast add to the overall enjoyment of this series.

Andy is a devilish god of comedy

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casting is great
Always puts a smile on my face .
One of my favorite BBC dramas.

Andy Hamilton at he's best

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Great show with Andy and friends shame he doesn't do anymore old Harry's Game.

Great show

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Great series, Long. Love every part thought provoking and funny and silly all at once lol

So worth a go

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Love Andy Hamilton and Scumspawn. Didn’t enjoy the glitches in the recording though. I hope it gets sorted out soon.

Funny and cleverly written.

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