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Damn the Torpedoes! is an audience-inspired, military themed, 30 minute comedy sketch show that was a first for BFBS Radio.
The Damn The Torpedoes! team invited injured service personnel and members of the Band of Brothers, to help create some sketches at a ‘Writers’ Room’ workshop at the Tedworth House Recovery Centre.
Alison Pritchard the shows Producer says “We ran a comedy writing ‘script workshop’ with the ‘Band of Brothers’, a mixed group of Afghan veterans overcoming life changing injuries which was great fun, in fact some of the sketches we worked on that day made it into the winning show.
Richard Hatch, the show’s Executive producer says “The show is a scattergun of comedy sketches, which try hard to place the comedy whoopee cushion carefully on the chair of, the British Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. The show takes listeners into action around the world, refuelling at exotic locations like the Kabul inter-services golf classic and the worst nightclub in Portsmouth”.
Damn The Torpedoes! is performed by stars of radio and television, including Lewis Macleod (from BBC Radio's Dead Ringers, Lewis Macleod Is Not Himself, Newsjack, Wired News) and Debbie Arnold (from EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, The Two Ronnies, Minder and Birds Of A Feather).
After the show was broadcast The Independent published an article about it - http://ind.pn/292WrX0
Listen to the best bits this Saturday 2nd July at 1:30pm, Sunday 3rd July and 6:30pm and 15th July at 6:30pm.
You can find BFBS Radio on DAB, Sky 0211, Freesat 786, on FM around the Forces world or on the free BFBS Radio app!
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By BFBS RadioDamn the Torpedoes! is an audience-inspired, military themed, 30 minute comedy sketch show that was a first for BFBS Radio.
The Damn The Torpedoes! team invited injured service personnel and members of the Band of Brothers, to help create some sketches at a ‘Writers’ Room’ workshop at the Tedworth House Recovery Centre.
Alison Pritchard the shows Producer says “We ran a comedy writing ‘script workshop’ with the ‘Band of Brothers’, a mixed group of Afghan veterans overcoming life changing injuries which was great fun, in fact some of the sketches we worked on that day made it into the winning show.
Richard Hatch, the show’s Executive producer says “The show is a scattergun of comedy sketches, which try hard to place the comedy whoopee cushion carefully on the chair of, the British Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. The show takes listeners into action around the world, refuelling at exotic locations like the Kabul inter-services golf classic and the worst nightclub in Portsmouth”.
Damn The Torpedoes! is performed by stars of radio and television, including Lewis Macleod (from BBC Radio's Dead Ringers, Lewis Macleod Is Not Himself, Newsjack, Wired News) and Debbie Arnold (from EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, The Two Ronnies, Minder and Birds Of A Feather).
After the show was broadcast The Independent published an article about it - http://ind.pn/292WrX0
Listen to the best bits this Saturday 2nd July at 1:30pm, Sunday 3rd July and 6:30pm and 15th July at 6:30pm.
You can find BFBS Radio on DAB, Sky 0211, Freesat 786, on FM around the Forces world or on the free BFBS Radio app!