Peacefully in Their Sleeps

Peacefully in Their Sleeps is a BBC Radio 4 comedy series written by Chris Chantler and Howard Read. Paying tribute to fictional celebrities, it lampoons postwar popular culture using fake archive footage and interviews. Six episodes were produced, and aired from July until September 2007.^[1]

Peacefully in Their Sleeps

Genre	Comedy
Running time	15 mins
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language	English
Home station	BBC Radio 4
Starring	Geoff McGivern
Written by	Chris Chantler and Howard Read
Produced by	Colin Anderson
Original release	8 August – 12 September 2007
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Website	Website at BBC Radio 4

Each episode memorialises a different fictional celebrity, with guest stars including Marcus Brigstocke, Elizabeth Spriggs, Richard Briers, Jeffrey Holland, Paul Putner, Phyllida Law and Dan Antopolski. Geoff McGivern plays the programme's presenter Roydon Postlethwaite.

Episodes

1. Episode 1: Rene Fortesque-Spencer-French
2. Episode 2: Sir Matthias Blaggard
3. Episode 3: Jeff Peacock
4. Episode 4: Douggie "The Shins" Wild
5. Episode 5: Dame Penelope Sway
6. Episode 6: Sister Cecilia of Caracas