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Following the life of Jerry and going back to a wartime poem in 1943. With Lawry Lewin and Simon Kane. From 2021.

With no live studio audience, John Finnemore took the opportunity to try something completely new.

Every episode in this series of Souvenir Programme is made up of scenes from one person's life, played in reverse order.

There's no narrative to the episode; it's still a sketch show, not a sitcom... but the sketches in each episode all happened to one person, played by one member of the cast, over the course of their lifetime.

This episode follows the life of Jerry, starting earlier this year and going back to a wartime poem in 1943.

Written and performed by John Finnemore

With

Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Lawry Lewin
Simon Kane
Carrie Quinlan

Original music composed by Susannah Pearse
Original music arranged by Susannah Pearse and Tim Sutton
Recorded and edited by Rich Evans at Syncbox Post

Producer: Ed Morrish

A 麻豆社 Studios production for 麻豆社 Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2021.

7 days left to listen

28 minutes

Last on

Wed 18 Feb 2026 23:00

Broadcasts

  • Thu 20 May 2021 18:30
  • Thu 27 May 2021 07:30
  • Thu 27 May 2021 17:30
  • Thu 27 May 2021 22:00
  • Fri 28 May 2021 05:30
  • Tue 28 Dec 2021 23:00
  • Wed 18 Feb 2026 23:00

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