15 Minute Musical: A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series

Twenty brief, barbed and bittersweet musical comedies, written by and starring Richie Webb – including eight Christmas Specials ‘Let’s have a standing ovation for the 15 Minute Musical' The Guardian Oozing with satire and sass, these fun-size yet deliciously satisfying musical comedies do for your ears what chocolate does for your taste buds. Based on the lives and careers of well-known public figures, each one takes a politician or VIP who has hit the headlines, and gives them a West End make-over. Their fabricated stories are told in an original, never-heard-before, musical that will have your toes tapping to the rhythm and shoulders shaking to the laughs. All the conventions of a musical are followed (huge production numbers, tender ballads and emotional reprises) – but artistic licence is well and truly taken as celebrities such as David Cameron, Simon Cowell and Morrissey are hilariously lampooned in song. Hear the greatest stories never told (or sung) as Julian Assange is wiki-leaked; Nigel Farage goes to Europe with a Britpop soundtrack; and Barack Obama fights for the American presidency via power ballads and rock anthems. Plus, we go ‘Upstairs Downton’ with the Middletons; and pay homage to Russia’s greatest love machine in an outrageously camp, disco-tastic look at Vladimir Putin... Also featured are all eight Christmas specials from 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, including Jeremy Corbyn Superstar!, Lady and the Trump, Cabarexit, Eurovision Gone Wrong Contest and a Rodgers and Hammerstein-inspired celebration of all things Meghan Markle: The Sixth in Line to be King and I. Winner of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Radio Comedy Award, this hugely entertaining series is written by Dave Cohen, David Quantick and Richie Webb, and stars Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Alex Tregear, Jess Robinson and Pippa Evans. Production credits Starring Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Alex Tregear, Jess Robinson and Pippa Evans Written by Richie Webb, Dave Cohen and David Quantick Produced by Katie Tyrrell and Richard Morris Production co-ordinator: Nick Coupe Music composed, performed and arranged by Richie Webb Music production: Matt Katz A BBC Studios Production A Right Royal Cockney Christmas First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25 December 2012 Brian Elliott First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26 December 2012 The Ozfather First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 27 December 2012 The Reducers First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 December 2012 Licence to Kil...marnock First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 31 December 2012 Barack of Ages First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 1 January 2013 It’s a One-Hit Wonderful Life First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 24 December 2013 Julian and the Assanging Technicolour Download First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25 December 2013 The Last Days of Farage First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26 December 2013 Heaven Knows I'm Middle-Aged Now First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 27 December 2013 Half a Sixth Form First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 30 December 2013 Ra Ra It's Putin First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 31 December 2013 Seven Bribes First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 December 2015 Jeremy Corbyn Superstar! First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 31 December 2015 Lady and the Trump First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 29 December 2016 Cabarexit First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 30 December 2016 The Legend of Holy Superior Mother Theresa May and the Magic Money Tree First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25 December 2017 Dud Brothers First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26 December 2017 Eurovision Gone Wrong Contest First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 31 December 2018 The Sixth in Line to be King and I First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 1 January 2019 © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.