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Racing Minds
by Racing Minds
A smash-hit series of entirely improvised comedy adventures from critically acclaimed UK wits Racing Minds. Exotic locales, extraordinary characters, inexplicable plots - expect all this and more in a tongue-in-cheek homage to classic 50s radio serials. Broadcast live for your listening pleasure from sell-out runs at comedy festivals around the world.Performed by Chris Turner, Tom Skelton, Daniel Nils Roberts & Douglas Walker.
Episodes
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Series 5, Episode 10 – 'In The House'
Richard and Judy's marriage gets off to a difficult start when they honeymoon separately on different continents, while casino moguls Freshwave and Clyde want to take the phrase 'the House always wins' to its most all-consuming logical conclusion. Can love triumph over Richard's indecision, the...
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Series 5, Episode 9 – 'Please Help Me!'
⚠️ META EPISODE ALERT ⚠️ The entirely appropriately named Tess Tickle and loose-trousered Captain Cockburn rummage around a Hawaiian shipwreck; while audience member (and daughter of a figure-skating legend) Laurie revels in her newfound powers of suggestion.
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Series 5, Episode 8 – 'Dutch Tits!'
Mediocre young remainiac remoaner Jason Tepid finds himself imprisoned in Western Australia back in 2017 under a new British-Australian treaty, whilst over in Europe Geert Wilders is gearing up for that year's Dutch election. Some now dated and some still surprisingly relevant references to…
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Series 5, Episode 7 – 'The Forgotten Unicorn'
Dr Spotless Dirt has been sent to the Planet of the Buttocks by NASA to find a remedy to save mankind's own backsides from extinction. But it soon becomes clear that this is only one small part of a much bigger threat facing the world, with its roots in biblical times. Let's just say our…
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Series 5, Episode 6 – 'The Underground City'
Ace Iberian archaeologist Nikita might have nabbed a priceless magic carpet from a cavern, but now that the population of London is turning subterranean in pursuit of cheaper property prices, she may be the only one who can save humanity from the darkness. A thrilling tale, replete with excavated...
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Series 5, Episode 5 – 'The Gay Agenda'
Arnold is a bullish American envoy in the South China Sea, at odds with the audibly Japanese submarine crew, and generally cuckolded by his wife back home. He may well have to mutiny and take control of the ship, if there’s to be any hope of stopping Australian PM (at the time) Malcolm Turnbull...
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Series 5, Episode 4 – 'Tough Act To Follow'
Our tale follows Derek van Beeken and Robert De Nrio, two men fighting for their jobs in very different ways, one oppressed by the draconian employment laws of his country, the other by echoes of the past and his own hubris. But which will make the better fist of it?
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Series 5, Episode 3 – 'Don't Leave Your Umbrella On The Train'
Something terrible lurks in the dark dark woods (although it isn't punctuation) but that won't stop Moggy fulfilling his promise to a mysterious young woman. However, the rest of the world just got a little darker when a certain pop princess forgot to check whether she had all her personal...
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Series 5, Episode 2 – 'The Courtroom Dance Battle'
Conflicting feelings butt heads in The Hamlet of Emotions, as Love and Hate battle for the hand of the only outsider, Tracey. Meanwhile, prosecutors bring a bit of Broadway razzle-dazzle to the oddly ecclesiastical courtrooms of the American South; as judges bow to style over substance, will Love...
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Series 5, Episode 1 – 'At The Bottom Of The Pit'
When sisters Kandi, Candy and Quandee learn that only one of them has been included in their late father’s will, all sher-bets are off. In Britain, Jeremy Corbyn seems out some Prime Ministerial fancy pants, to give him a much needed dose of panache. WARNING! Contains Crotch Goblins!
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Series 4, Episode 10 – 'The Devil In Disguise'
Foley: Patrick Hercamp Name: Louis Moo Secret: Antique chess set fetish Location: Public bathroom/fish market in Berlin Sponsor: Henry
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Series 4, Episode 9 – 'Bad Things Happen'
Foley: Duncan Turner Name: Sir Snowbaz Pynch Secret: He was afraid of Chickens Location: The Peak of Mt. Lofty Sponsor: Pie Floater
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Series 4, Episode 8 – 'Childless In America'
Sebastian has found new employment in a rather suspicious gothic castle, whilst some red-blooded American patriots go all out to stop the vampire threat. Featuring special guest foley artist Thomas Ford. Title: Childless in America Main Character: Sebastian Fearnley Strange Secret: He Ate His...
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Series 4, Episode 7 – 'Balloons Popping In Trees'
Beverley has a tough life working the looms, but will her dreams of a better future be scuppered by devious balloonist Richard Branson? Featuring special guest foley artist Claire Ford. Title: Balloons Popping In Trees Main Character: Beverley the Great Strange Secret: Has a Toupee Featured...
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Series 4, Episode 6 – 'Bananas Are Yellow'
Ex-pat Scot Malcolm just wants to be an opera star, but ghostly goings on are causing chaos in the theatre. Soon the US Intelligence Services are involved, and so are Coldplay, obviously. Featuring special guest foley artist Bobbi Sox. Title: Bananas Are Yellow Main Character: Malcolm The Brave...
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Series 4, Episode 5 – 'The Boy In The Lolly Fort'
Jimmy is a zeppelin crew-member with a haunted past, but downtime in the Black Forest sees him embroiled in a grisly plot. Can he stop Hansel & Gretel’s overzealous witch hunt from getting out of hand? Featuring special guest foley artist Ruby Slippers. Title: The Boy in the Lolly Fort Main...
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Series 4, Episode 4 – 'It Is'
Killbob’s deadly life-long titular mission leads him to Paris, but some dubious doctors are out to hobble the fire services to provide more interesting patients. Society’s on a greasy pole, and no mistake, and only our murderously-monikered antihero can put out the blaze! Featuring special guest...
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Series 4, Episode 3 – 'The Curious Incident of the Pub'
Plumber Jefferey (sic) gets sea(sick) trying to stop pubs and bars taking to the oceans in a bid to stay open longer, as a new Cold War threatens to break out in this watery adventure. Featuring special guest foley artist Amberley Cull. For this show, the audience suggestions were... Title: The...
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Series 4, Episode 2 – 'Beards From Faces!'
Hapless petty criminal Bailey cuts a deal with the coppers, and goes deep under cover. All the beards are being stolen from priceless artworks. But why? It's a race against time, and to top it all off, our reluctant hero's wearing paper clothes. Featuring special guest foley artist Alice Winn....
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Series 4, Episode 1 – 'The Revenge Of The Rat Pack'
The Rat Pack are back, with their (old blue) eye on ensuring New York, New York is the only place named twice. Meanwhile nominatively determined Wolfgang is finding that, sure enough, everybody loves somebody, in the sleepy Australian town of Toodyay. Inevitably, there’s stormy weather on the...
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Series 3, Episode 9 – 'Red Handkerchief Blues'
Ragged red-blooded gladiator Maximus gets embroiled in a bullish scheme to spread blood sports across the globe. Will he wave the red handkerchief and seal the fate of the world's bulls, or will he get his glad rags on and win back his love? Featuring special guest foley artist Clara Cupcakes....
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Series 3, Episode 8 – 'The Tip of the Iceberg'
Novice climber Ken is on a dangerous route to the icy tip-top of the world's third-highest peak, whilst many-vice climate-keen monks put the whole world in danger with an iceberg-tipping plot. Is the fate of the earth sealed? Featuring special guest foley artist Josh Earl. Title: The Tip of the...
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Series 3, Episode 7 – 'Stop IT'
Epithetic deity The Messiah is a prolific French artist. Can perfumed paintings help him to live up to his billing before Rupert Murdoch's devious plot to monopolise all forms of information plunges the world into darkness? Find out before the lawsuits ensue! Featuring special guest foley artist...
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Series 3, Episode 6 – 'The Shimmyshank of the Chimney Sweep'
Retired detective Uriah investigates a string of increasingly 'orrible crimes that lead him right to the heart of London's underworld (and a saucy French dame) in this soot-smothered slice of devious Victoriana. Featuring special guest foley artist Brianna Williams. Title: The Shimmyshank of the...
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Series 3, Episode 5 – 'God Only Knows What To Expect'
Captain Albatross takes to the ocean with a threadbare crew, whilst God himself can’t bear losing the thread of his omniscience. It’s sort of Pirates of the Caribbean meets The Bible (and Matt Groeing is probably instigating legal proceedings) in this timber-shivering adventure! Featuring special...
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Series 3, Episode 4 – 'Judy's Left Sock'
Unadorned grouch Sans moves to a mouthful of a sleepy village (and make sure you are asleep), where he's the only one who can stop inter-dimensional (and general) confusion as fiery fantasy becomes terrifying reality. Featuring special guest foley artist Ruby Slippers. Title: Judy’s Left Sock…
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Series 3, Episode 3 – 'I Hope This Isn't A Waste of Time'
Dogged Negus is on a romantic weekend for one, but his temporary Bavarian hotel bliss is interrupted by a police investigation and temporal tinkerings ignited by an ignored poet. Switzerland will never be the same again. Featuring special guest foley artist Strangely - www.strangelyandfriends.com...
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Series 3, Episode 2 – 'Rheumy Blues'
In this whiskey-soaked Southern parable, hapless Englebert is mistaken for his famous namesake, but life as a big-shot recording artist isn’t all it’s cracked up to be – particularly when a knuckle-cracking blues veteran might well be a rheum with a view to stealing his soul (to swap for soul on...
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Series 3, Episode 1 – 'Champagne In A Trashcan'
Lady Bottomley's morning mourning is interrupted as she finds herself knee-deep in gold-digging birthday-suited suitors. To make matters worse the butler hasn't spotted the squatters, and there's something very valuable hidden in the manor - if only anyone could find it. Plus society might just…
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Series 2, Episode 11 - 'Turning the Knife'
Iberian hack Juan is the only man standing in the way of an (eventually) evil misogynist plot cooked up by those cads the Swiss. Full-on pan-European disaster beckons, and on top of it all it's a really bad time to be called Cole. Title: Turning The Knife Main Character: Juan Strange Secret: He's...
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Series 2, Episode 10 - 'What Goes On When The Lights Come Back On'
Whisky-distiller Franca can't choose between the two men in her life, but an unlikely trip to Mars might just make her (omnipresent?) mind up. Oh, and there's also an EXTREMELY annoying character called Mitchum. Title: What Goes On When The Lights Come Back On Main Character: Franca Strange…
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Series 2, Episode 9 - 'The Horror Of The Refrigerator'
Can pious Montgomery save gap year slackers from a fridge-dwelling mouldy monster? Exorcisms, church fairs and questionable breakfast choices abound in this spine-tingling chiller! Title: The Horror of the Refrigerator Main Character: Montgomery Strange Secret: He's a horse Featured Location: An...
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Series 2, Episode 8 - 'The Bearded Man Inside The Cabin'
London's burning and only slippery pyrophobe Ernest can save the day. Sexy calendars, Samuel Pepys and handcuffs all feature in this smoke-choked thriller. Title: The Bearded Man Inside the Cabin Main Character: Ernest Strange Secret: He is a time-travelling magician Featured Location: Tower...
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'Britain Tonight!' Live on BBC Radio 6 Breakfast
The BBC kindly (and unwisely) let us have a bash at the airwaves, unleashing our improvised mayhem on a live audience at the Edinburgh Festival. 'Britain Tonight' was the result. Enjoy.
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Series 2, Episode 7 - 'Be Mine (Beer)'
An Antipodean plot fosters Welsh discomfort. Train-driver (and de facto president) Jacob is the only one who can save the day, and the woman he (and his boss) loves. To top it all off, it's his birthday, and EVERYBODY'S drunk. Title: Be Mine (Beer) Main Character: Jacob Strange Secret: He has…
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Series 2, Episode 6 - 'Farting Fire!'
Flatulent flame-belcher Joseph attracts the crowds to his animal-unfriendly touring circus, but not all the audience have his (or West Africa's) best interests in mind. Jellyfish pools! Melting Jethro Tull records! Men without beards! It's an African adventure like no other! Title: Farting Fire!...
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Series 2, Episode 5 - 'This Time The Red Wine Is No Excuse'
Subterranean guide Jacob has the homesick blues, but a trail of grape-based destruction across the Outback could lead him to answers about his mother's demise, and perhaps the devil himself. Plus everyone in Australia is part horse. Did we mention that? Title: This Time The Red Wine Is No Excuse...
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Series 2, Episode 4 - 'The Mystical Frog That Fell Down A Well'
Abraham is a Potter with artistic pretensions, but a pretentious (former) artist is striving to make it all go to pot. It's the fairytale of the frog prince as you've never heard it before - with Hackneyed puns galore! Title: The Mystical Frog that Fell Down a Well Main Character: Abraham Potter...
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Series 2, Episode 3 - 'An Evening With Taylors'
Corpulent gender-secretive state-hopper Francis (or is it Frances?) is caught up in a devilish plot cooked-up by a certain decadent celluloid pair. Will Vegas be reduced to a graveyard thanks to a killer new show, or can our plucky hero(ine?) avoid being guilty of journalistic accessory to…
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Series 2, Episode 2 - 'The Fact Dictionary'
Can ambassadorial assistant Jemima restore the English tongue to its proper form before all hell (and her drunken charge's trousers) breaks loose in Uganda? Big game hunting, Welsh children abroad, saucy carpets, and British pride put to the test - it's all here as lagnauge gtes dsirputed in the...
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Series 2, Episode 1 - 'The Invaders of the Brackfield Plumbing Company'
It's the brand new series of the Wireless Podcast, kicking off with a horsey tale that plumbs new depths of mystery and adventure. Benjamin's bride heads to finishing school, and seems a changed filly upon her return. Can the day be saved before a Balkan misdemeanour catches up with our rather…
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Series 1, Episode 14 – ‘Phil Walks Down the Street’
Bald bride-to-be-to-be Catherine is cast out by plush-furnishing fancier and follicle-filching patriarch Mr Burston; dashing suitor Phil Ormskirk and personal caddy Throttleneck attempt to reconcile love for Catherine and respect for her father; and the mysterious, swarthy stranger Raoul takes to...
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Series 1, Episode 13 – ‘The Back of the Wardrobe’
Fatherless young Gerald just wants to be boring with the pretty Prunella, but a Peruvian plot by child-catching Barty and Jeremiah puts all his plans in danger. From an Oxford furniture shop, via the hold of an ocean liner, to the lost city of Machu Picchu, will anyone save our globe-trotting...
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Series 1, Episode 12 - ‘My Spaniel, Rachel’
Nobel Prize winner-training teacher Geraldo Jimenez must defend St Cuthbert’s School from Grimsby Council’s plans to bulldoze it; town planner Jethro Jelroy and wife grapple with problems of the heart and the hound; while the Jelroy’s son and star pupil Concertine flees into the woods, and a...
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Series 1, Episode 11 – ‘The Clockwork Kiwi Fruit’
Bumbling, big-hearted policeman George receives a tip-off from the unfortunate Mr Ethelred about nefarious goings on in the box-packing factory; gruff, aspiring crimelord Albert Burninger and adolescent accomplice Jonathan discusses the finer points of mixing cocoa; while Sebastian Hough (or is…
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Series 1, Episode 10 – ‘The Smell of the Brewery’
Rhinorrhea-plagued Alejandro Borges De Nada spends the episode encamped in the cab of his truck while lover Piedad wants him to be more honest about the deeds he performs for Mr Pollock; loathsome liquor-leavener Thom Thompson and wife Denise train up threatening beer-exporters; and Education...
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Series 1, Episode 9 – ‘The Zookeeper’s Son’
Groom-to-be Adam can’t see past fiancé Genevieve’s Italian ice cream dalliances; Sarah commands Martin to carry out even more extreme engastration than her sister’s Turducken; and Benny the Boy Detective attempts to halt the animal thievery in our ninth rollicking podcast! Title: ‘The Zookeeper’s...
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Series 1, Episode 8 – ‘The River That Ran Fast’
Louvre security guard Wilbur has his sights set on curatorship and the hand of the ravissante Cecily, but first, Monsieur Beaujolais needs him to investigate a curious case of materialising art. A shadowy but efficient Dutch Master; a particularly persistent canard; and fourth dimensional…
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Series 1, Episode 7 – ‘Bicycling In Ireland’
Struggling ex-pat actor Timothy goes undercover to prepare for his next role as a mobster, but San Francisco’s Irish kingpins have secret plans of their own. Only his morbid wife Miriam and a string of Hollywood stars will be able to help, as our hero finds himself stuck between a hard place and...
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Series 1, Episode 6 – ‘I’m Sorry Guv’nor’
Chronically inept spy Thomas investigates the secretion of unknown weaponry into music cases at the request of Mr Venables; criminal mastermind Rupert sends hydrophilic angoraphile Phyllis to meet a cockney; and the audience’s pre-recording obsession with the number of swimming pools in Senegal...
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A smash-hit series of entirely improvised comedy adventures from critically acclaimed UK wits Racing Minds. Exotic locales, extraordinary characters, inexplicable plots - expect all this and more in a tongue-in-cheek homage to classic 50s radio serials. Broadcast live for your listening pleasure from sell-out runs at comedy festivals around the world.Performed by Chris Turner, Tom Skelton, Daniel Nils Roberts & Douglas Walker.
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