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On the Blog is a BBC Radio drama series written and directed by Kris Dyer.[1] Broadcast on BBC Radio 2,[2] it stars Caroline Quentin (Men Behaving Badly), Simon Greenall (I'm Alan Partridge) and Andy Taylor (Red Dwarf). It is co-written by Dave Marks and Andy Taylor and is an Above The Title Production for BBC Radio 2.[3]
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Series One (2007)
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It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in the summer of 2007. It was also featured on BBC Radio 4's Pick of the Week programme.[citation needed]
"Original and twisted - the don't-miss comedy appointment of the week" Radio Times[4]
"That rare thing - a funny new radio sitcom" Guardian[5]
"The funniest sitcom since Ed Reardon's Week" Sunday Times [6]
- Series One starred Caroline Quentin, Simon Greenall and Andy Taylor. The scripts were by Kris Dyer and Dave Marks with Andy Taylor and John Langdon. It was produced and directed by Dirk Maggs and was an Above the Title Production for BBC Radio 2.[citation needed]
- Series One was repeated on BBC Radio 2 on Thursday nights at 10.30 pm from 16 April to 21 May 2009.[citation needed]
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Series Two (2008)
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- First broadcast in the summer of 2008 on BBC Radio 2. It was also featured on BBC Radio 4's Pick of the Week programme.[citation needed]
"A very funny sitcom" Sunday Times[7]
"A laugh-out-loud delight" Radio Times[8]
- Episode 6 was pulled from transmission by the BBC. [9]
- Series Two starred Caroline Quentin, Simon Greenall, DeNica Fairman, Israel Oyelumade, Poppy Taylor-Jones, Kris Dyer, Dave Marks and Andy Taylor as Andrew Glasgow. The scripts were by Kris Dyer, Dave Marks and Andy Taylor. The producer was David Morley. The director was Dirk Maggs. It was an Above the Title production for BBC Radio 2.[citation needed]
- Series Two was repeated on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday nights at 10.30pm from 12 June 2010.[citation needed]
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Series Three (2010)
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- First broadcast in January and February 2010 on BBC Radio 2.[citation needed]
"Cult comedy at its most under-appreciated" The Times[10]
"One of my favourite radio comedies" Radio Times[11]
- Series Three starred Caroline Quentin, Simon Greenall, DeNica Fairman, Kris Dyer, Dave Marks and Andy Taylor as Andrew Glasgow. The scripts were by Kris Dyer, Dave Marks and Andy Taylor. The producer was Adam Bromley. It was an Above the Title production for BBC Radio 2.[citation needed]
- Series Three was repeated on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday nights at 10.30pm from 15 January - 19 February 2011.[citation needed]
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