RADIO - The Wooden Overcoat Starring David Tennant Repeated On BBC Radio 4 Extra Today

BBC Radio 4 Extra airs a rare repeat from David Tennant's back catalogue today with a re-broadcast of the 2007 radio play The Wooden Overcoat. The macabre black comedy was adapted from the novel by Pamela Branch by Mark Gatiss.

The play airs today at 10am and 3pm with a further repeat at 3am early tomorrow morning.

Pamela Branch - The Wooden Overcoat
London, 1951

Much to his surprise, Benji Cann has got away with murder. He gravitates to the Asterisk Club, a place of refuge for those who have strayed beyond the pale and not paid the ultimate price. But then Benji turns up dead. Who killed him and how will they be able to get rid of the body without the neighbours noticing?

Peter ...... David Tennant
Fan ...... Julia Davis
Rex ...... David Benson
Beesum ...... Alan David
Colonel Quincey ...... Graham Crowden
Creaker ...... David Ryall
Flush ...... John Castle
Benji ...... Tom Allen
Mrs Barratt ...... Barbara Kirby
Lilli Cluj ...... Katherine Jakeways

Written by Pamela Branch

Adapted by Mark Gatiss

Directed by Kate McAll

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