| Potting On | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Starring | Pam Ayres Geoffrey Whitehead |
| Writers | Chris Thompson Peter Reynolds Pam Ayres (extra material) |
| Producers | Clare Jones |
| Air dates | 27 February 2008 to |
| No. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Pam Ayres MBE (born 14 March 1947) is an English Poet, Songwriter and Presenter of Radio and Geoffrey Whitehead (born 1 October 1939 in Sheffield) is a highly regarded English Actor. Pam Ayres MBE (born 14 March 1947) is an English Poet, Songwriter and Presenter of Radio and of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Website At BBC Radio 4 |
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Potting On is a radio situation comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It stars poet and author Pam Ayres and veteran actor Geoffrey Whitehead as an aging couple running a garden centre with the help of various oddball employees. Pam Ayres MBE (born 14 March 1947) is an English Poet, Songwriter and Presenter of Radio and Geoffrey Whitehead (born 1 October 1939 in Sheffield) is a highly regarded English Actor. A garden centre is a retail firm that sells plants and products related to gardens as its primary business The supporting cast includes Trevor Bannister, Alex Tregear, and Karl Theobald. Trevor Bannister (born 14 August 1936) is an English Actor best known for playing Mr Lucas in the first seven series of the Karl Theobald (born 5 August 1969) is an English Comedian and Actor, best known as Dr The show is written by Chris Thompson and Peter Reynolds.
Pam and Gordon (Ayres and Whitehead) are a long-married couple. Gordon is a creature of habit while Pam longs to break out of her humdrum routine. The humour revolves around her efforts to persuade him to try something new, or at least stop holding her back. For instance, for their annual holiday, Gordon is content to return to their caravan which has been parked for years in Swanage, while she tries to organize a trip to some exotic location overseas, or at least somewhere other than Swanage. A travel trailer or caravan is a trailer towed behind a road Vehicle to provide a place to sleep which is more comfortable and protected than a Swanage is a small coastal Town in the south east of Dorset, England.
Geoffrey Whitehead's role is to set up situations into which Pam Ayres delivers punchlines in her distinctive brogue. Punchlines was a comedy game show series that was produced by LWT and aired on the ITV network from 1981 until 1984. For example, in an episode where Gordon becomes obsessed by an Indiana Jones-style computer game and stays up till the early hours of the morning, there is the following exchange:
- Gordon: I'm trying to find the hidden treasures of Nefertiti!
- Pam: Well come to bed then, I'll make sure you get yer 'ands on 'em!
Cast
- Pam Grant - Pam Ayres
- Gordon Grant - Geoffrey Whitehead
- Carol the cashier, assistant and modern girl-about-town - Alex Tregear
- Dave, dim but well-meaning dogsbody - Karl Theobald
- Roy the gardener, a classic bumpkin - Trevor Bannister
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