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The Sweetest Young Man in Perugia

Episode 6 of 10

A young bride鈥檚 marriage seems flat. Until she and her husband both meet the sweetest man in Perugia. Stars Tim McInnerny.

Terry Jones introduces another tasty Renaissance tale.

Starring Tim McInnerny as a husband with a dissatisfied young wife.

The 100 stories which make up Giovanni Boccaccio鈥檚 humane and comic masterpiece come from all over the world

They are vividly reset by Boccaccio among the flourishing merchant classes in the cities of Renaissance Italy. But their witty, satirical, bawdy voice sounds utterly modern, and their subjects - love, fate, sex, religion, morality - are universal.

鈥淭ricks that women play on men.鈥�

A young bride can鈥檛 work out why her marriage seems flat. Until she and her husband both meet the sweetest young man in Perugia.

Pietro ..... Tim McInnerny
Madam ..... Hannah Genesius
Pandara ..... Jane Slavin
Masetto ..... Monty d鈥橧nverno
Ercolano ..... David Acton

Adapted in ten parts by Robin Brooks

Music arranged and performed by Robert Hollingworth and Paula Chateauneuf

Lyric translations by Silvia Reseghetti

Script consultant: Guyda Armstrong

Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 3 in December 2014.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 20 Jan 2026 01:45
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

Writer Giovanni Boccaccio
Adaptor Robin Brooks
Performer Robert Hollingworth
Performer Paula Chateauneuf
Pietro Tim McInnerny
Madam Hannah Genesius
Pandara Jane Slavin
Masetto Monty d'Inverno
Ercolano David Acton
Producer Jonquil Panting
Director Jonquil Panting

Broadcasts

  • Mon 8 Dec 2014 22:45
    麻豆社 Radio 3
  • Mon 19 Jan 2026 06:45
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 19 Jan 2026 11:45
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 19 Jan 2026 17:45
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 20 Jan 2026 01:45
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra