The Quiet Men of England

The Quiet Men of England Episode 7: The Play's the Thing

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 19:11:53 GMT

Join us, Dear Listener, for Episode 7 - in which we meet Ludovic Flow, and eat a peach...

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The Quiet Men of England Episode 6: Things that go Bump in the Night

Sat, 02 Jul 2022 14:21:01 GMT

Are you on your uppers, Dear Listener? Are you in need of a little sole healing? Have you left your laces at the races and drowned your eyelets in gimlets? Fear not - for in Episode Six we will meet the funkiest cobbler in England...

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The Quiet Men of England Episode 5: Ring-a-Ring-a-Raspberry

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 09:30:23 GMT

Join us for Episode Five, Dear Listener, in which we put the pieces together, and meet Miss Minerva Nightingale - headmistress by day... crime-fighter by night!

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The Quiet Men of England Episode 4: The Rub of the Green

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 09:42:58 GMT

Welcome to Episode Four. And yes, Dear Listener, of course there is is a lawn bowling club in Westleigh Turpin. And no, we will not be renaming that most fine of all the arts - mathematics...

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The Quiet Men of England Episode 3 (Part 2): A Man For All Seasons

Sat, 21 May 2022 16:39:09 GMT

What's that you say? There's a part two? Why yes - and its your round, dear listener! I'll have a pint of Tanqueray...

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The Quiet Men of England Episode 3 (Part 1): A Man For All Seasons

Sat, 21 May 2022 16:38:34 GMT

Welcome, dear listener, to Episode Three - another tale in two parts - in which we consider the optics!

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The Quiet Men of England Episode 2 (Part 2): From Here To Obscurity

Sat, 07 May 2022 14:04:57 GMT

Wait! This tale is not yet told, dear listener! Hot on the well-shod heels of Episode Two (Part One) here is Episode Two (Part Two), in which Kingston Bagpuize finds that his old skills still have their uses...

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The Quiet Men of England Episode 2 (Part 1): From Here To Obscurity

Sat, 07 May 2022 13:55:50 GMT

Come one, come all to Episode Two of The Quiet Men of England!

An episode in two parts, in the first of which we learn of the cohesive collaboration of village life, and meet an official...

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The Quiet Men of England: The Silent Killer of the Marshes

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 11:51:10 GMT

Far beyond the reach of the dread hand of Dr Beeching, where the world can still count to 12... deep in the verdant never-where, amply bosomed in shire lore, is the still beating heart of England.

Of ploughman, pottage and postgate.

Where can be heard the gentle sound of leather on nun, and where there is always a Marple, a Bertie, a Julian, Anne, George, Dick and Timmy should the need arise.

Sumer is a-coming and we must away to the improbable hearths and homes of Westleigh Turpin!

Put down your Walton, foreswear your Cobbett and lob your Hazlitts high!

There will always be an England, and the play is about to begin...

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