Synopsis
In the dark, in bed with a friend, your tired mind can wander into brilliant and strange conversations.
Episodes
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Jane Horrocks
16/04/2019 Duration: 21minIn the dark and in a bunk bed, your tired mind can wander... Produced by Peter Curran
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Rhys Ifans
16/04/2019 Duration: 19minBafta-winning Welsh actor Rhys Ifans gets down to the subject of pocket globes, his desire to be a Stone Age cave painter, and the versatility of the kitchen whisk.
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Benjamin Zephaniah
16/04/2019 Duration: 16minIn a Bunk Bed, in the dark, your tired mind can wander and strange thoughts escape into the air like balloons.
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Cate Blanchett
16/04/2019 Duration: 20minEveryone craves a place where their mind and body are not applied to a particular task. The nearest faraway place. Somewhere for drifting and lighting upon strange thoughts which don't have to be shooed into context, but which can be followed like balloons escaping onto the air. Late at night, in the dark and in a bunk bed, your tired mind can wander. Produced by Peter Curran, The Foghorn Co. for BBC Radio 4.
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Baldness and Bambi
10/04/2019 Duration: 13minThis is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each other snippets of music and the voices of famous dead people from BBC Archive. Childhood, ruined ambition, work, family and death are their slightly warped conversational currencies. Writers/Performers: PETER CURRAN is a publisher, broadcaster, writer and BBC documentary maker working in South Africa, America, Brazil, Ireland, and the Arctic Circle. He’s written and presented numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television. PATRICK MARBER is a playwright, director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and performed in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and The Day Today. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Don Juan in Soho, and The Red Lion.
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The voice of Bette Davis and sedan chairs are Go!
03/04/2019 Duration: 14minThis is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each other snippets of music and the voices of famous dead people from BBC Archive. Childhood, ruined ambition, work, family and death are their slightly warped conversational currencies. Writers/Performers: PETER CURRAN is a publisher, broadcaster, writer and BBC documentary maker working in South Africa, America, Brazil, Ireland, and the Arctic Circle. He’s written and presented numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television. PATRICK MARBER is a playwright, director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and performed in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and The Day Today. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Don Juan in Soho, and The Red Lion.
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Explaining genitalia to Aliens
27/03/2019 Duration: 13minThis is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each other snippets of music and the voices of famous dead people from BBC Archive. Childhood, ruined ambition, work, family and death are their slightly warped conversational currencies. Writers/Performers: PETER CURRAN is a publisher, broadcaster, writer and BBC documentary maker working in South Africa, America, Brazil, Ireland, and the Arctic Circle. He’s written and presented numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television. PATRICK MARBER is a playwright, director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and performed in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and The Day Today. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Don Juan in Soho, and The Red Lion.
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Their worst reviews ever
20/03/2019 Duration: 13minThis is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each other snippets of music and the voices of famous dead people from BBC Archive. Childhood, ruined ambition, work, family and death are their slightly warped conversational currencies. Writers/Performers: PETER CURRAN is a publisher, broadcaster, writer and BBC documentary maker working in South Africa, America, Brazil, Ireland, and the Arctic Circle. He’s written and presented numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television. PATRICK MARBER is a playwright, director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and performed in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and The Day Today. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Don Juan in Soho, and The Red Lion.
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With guest Don Warrington from the classic Rising Damp
20/03/2019 Duration: 13minThis is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each other snippets of music and the voices of famous dead people from BBC Archive. Childhood, ruined ambition, work, family and death are their slightly warped conversational currencies. Writers/Performers: PETER CURRAN is a publisher, broadcaster, writer and BBC documentary maker working in South Africa, America, Brazil, Ireland, and the Arctic Circle. He’s written and presented numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television. PATRICK MARBER is a playwright, director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and performed in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and The Day Today. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Don Juan in Soho, and The Red Lion.
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How to hurt yourself at the dentist
20/03/2019 Duration: 14minThis is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each other snippets of music and the voices of famous dead people from BBC Archive. Childhood, ruined ambition, work, family and death are their slightly warped conversational currencies. Writers/Performers: PETER CURRAN is a publisher, broadcaster, writer and BBC documentary maker working in South Africa, America, Brazil, Ireland, and the Arctic Circle. He’s written and presented numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television. PATRICK MARBER is a playwright, director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and performed in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and The Day Today. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Don Juan in Soho, and The Red Lion.
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Citizen Kane and Virginia Woolf
20/03/2019 Duration: 14minThis is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each other snippets of music and the voices of famous dead people from BBC Archive. Childhood, ruined ambition, work, family and death are their slightly warped conversational currencies. Writers/Performers: PETER CURRAN is a publisher, broadcaster, writer and BBC documentary maker working in South Africa, America, Brazil, Ireland, and the Arctic Circle. He’s written and presented numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television. PATRICK MARBER is a playwright, director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and performed in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and The Day Today. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Don Juan in Soho, and The Red Lion.
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Giant hairballs and goats
20/03/2019 Duration: 14minThis is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each other snippets of music and the voices of famous dead people from BBC Archive. Childhood, ruined ambition, work, family and death are their slightly warped conversational currencies. Writers/Performers: PETER CURRAN is a publisher, broadcaster, writer and BBC documentary maker working in South Africa, America, Brazil, Ireland, and the Arctic Circle. He’s written and presented numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television. PATRICK MARBER is a playwright, director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and performed in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and The Day Today. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Don Juan in Soho, and The Red Lion.
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Being a father and the voice of James Baldwin
20/03/2019 Duration: 14minThis is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each other snippets of music and the voices of famous dead people from BBC Archive. Childhood, ruined ambition, work, family and death are their slightly warped conversational currencies. Writers/Performers: PETER CURRAN is a publisher, broadcaster, writer and BBC documentary maker working in South Africa, America, Brazil, Ireland, and the Arctic Circle. He’s written and presented numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television. PATRICK MARBER is a playwright, director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and performed in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and The Day Today. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Don Juan in Soho, and The Red Lion.
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Comic great Kathy Burke joins Peter and Patrick
20/03/2019 Duration: 26minThis is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each other snippets of music and the voices of famous dead people from BBC Archive. Childhood, ruined ambition, work, family and death are their slightly warped conversational currencies. Writers/Performers: PETER CURRAN is a publisher, broadcaster, writer and BBC documentary maker working in South Africa, America, Brazil, Ireland, and the Arctic Circle. He’s written and presented numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television. PATRICK MARBER is a playwright, director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and performed in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and The Day Today. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Don Juan in Soho, and The Red Lion.
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The teeth of Kinsley Amis
20/03/2019 Duration: 13minThis is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each other snippets of music and the voices of famous dead people from BBC Archive. Childhood, ruined ambition, work, family and death are their slightly warped conversational currencies. Writers/Performers: PETER CURRAN is a publisher, broadcaster, writer and BBC documentary maker working in South Africa, America, Brazil, Ireland, and the Arctic Circle. He’s written and presented numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television. PATRICK MARBER is a playwright, director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and performed in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and The Day Today. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Don Juan in Soho, and The Red Lion.
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How a sneaky million pounds was turned down
20/03/2019 Duration: 14minThis is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each other snippets of music and the voices of famous dead people from BBC Archive. Childhood, ruined ambition, work, family and death are their slightly warped conversational currencies. Writers/Performers: PETER CURRAN is a publisher, broadcaster, writer and BBC documentary maker working in South Africa, America, Brazil, Ireland, and the Arctic Circle. He’s written and presented numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television. PATRICK MARBER is a playwright, director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and performed in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and The Day Today. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Don Juan in Soho, and The Red Lion.
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The hand that shook the hand of Hitler
20/03/2019 Duration: 15minThis is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each other snippets of music and the voices of famous dead people from BBC Archive. Childhood, ruined ambition, work, family and death are their slightly warped conversational currencies. Writers/Performers: PETER CURRAN is a publisher, broadcaster, writer and BBC documentary maker working in South Africa, America, Brazil, Ireland, and the Arctic Circle. He’s written and presented numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television. PATRICK MARBER is a playwright, director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and performed in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and The Day Today. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Don Juan in Soho, and The Red Lion.
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Terrible names for kids
20/03/2019 Duration: 13minThis is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each other snippets of music and the voices of famous dead people from BBC Archive. Childhood, ruined ambition, work, family and death are their slightly warped conversational currencies. Writers/Performers: PETER CURRAN is a publisher, broadcaster, writer and BBC documentary maker working in South Africa, America, Brazil, Ireland, and the Arctic Circle. He’s written and presented numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television. PATRICK MARBER is a playwright, director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and performed in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and The Day Today. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Don Juan in Soho, and The Red Lion.
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The first person to have a dream
20/03/2019 Duration: 13minThis is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each other snippets of music and the voices of famous dead people from BBC Archive. Childhood, ruined ambition, work, family and death are their slightly warped conversational currencies. Writers/Performers: PETER CURRAN is a publisher, broadcaster, writer and BBC documentary maker working in South Africa, America, Brazil, Ireland, and the Arctic Circle. He’s written and presented numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television. PATRICK MARBER is a playwright, director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and performed in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and The Day Today. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Don Juan in Soho, and The Red Lion.
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Abuse in school and Ian Fleming v Raymond Chandler
20/03/2019 Duration: 14minThis is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each other snippets of music and the voices of famous dead people from BBC Archive. Childhood, ruined ambition, work, family and death are their slightly warped conversational currencies. Writers/Performers: PETER CURRAN is a publisher, broadcaster, writer and BBC documentary maker working in South Africa, America, Brazil, Ireland, and the Arctic Circle. He’s written and presented numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television. PATRICK MARBER is a playwright, director and screenwriter. He co-wrote and performed in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and The Day Today. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Don Juan in Soho, and The Red Lion.