Main content

1. Opening

Episode 1 of 2

The story of stand-up Tudur Owen's father opening a zoo in the 1980s and how it rather predictably got out of hand. From 2020.

Tudur Owen first brought us 'Where on Earth is Anglesey?', introducing us to his homeland, Ynys M么n and hinted at the rather unconventional goings-on there.

One such eccentric event is the incredible but true story of how he and his family somewhat unwittingly became the owners of what the News of the World would go on to describe as 鈥淭he Worst Zoo in Britain鈥.

Join Tudur for an engrossing caper about a corrupt animal wrangler, a family on the brink and a climactic wallaby chase across the Menai Strait.

All the events in this story are almost true.

Written and performed by Tudur Owen.

With:

Lisa-J锚n Brown
Fergus Craig

Producer: Richard Morris

A 麻豆社 Studios production for 麻豆社 Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020.

13 days left to listen

28 minutes

Last on

Sat 25 Apr 2026 03:00

More episodes

Previous

You are at the first episode

See all episodes from Tudur Owen: Zoo

Broadcasts

  • Wed 17 Jun 2020 18:30
  • Wed 24 Jun 2020 07:30
  • Wed 24 Jun 2020 17:30
  • Wed 24 Jun 2020 22:00
  • Thu 25 Jun 2020 05:30
  • Mon 21 Sep 2020 18:30
  • Sat 26 Sep 2020 13:32
  • Tue 31 Jan 2023 23:00
  • Thu 1 Feb 2024 07:30
  • Thu 1 Feb 2024 12:30
  • Thu 1 Feb 2024 17:30
  • Fri 2 Feb 2024 02:30
  • Fri 24 Apr 2026 08:00
  • Fri 24 Apr 2026 13:00
  • Fri 24 Apr 2026 19:00
  • Sat 25 Apr 2026 03:00