Colin Hough Radio Plays
BAD DAD....2008
29 Feb 08. Friday Play. Comedy. Twenty years ago, Adam was a prolific sperm donor. Due to an administrative error, his personal details have been sent to the lucky recipients of his product - all 164 of them. Suddenly he has a very extended family.
Adam ...... Simon Tait
Eve ...... Gayanne Potter
Sadie ...... Una McLean
Jamie ...... William Barlow
Producer David Jackson Young.
SPARKLE....2007
5 Oct 07. Comedy. Fiftysomething TV presenter Evelyn Sparkle is afraid of losing both her job and her husband to glamorous young co-presenter Tina Shine. But her outlook changes dramatically with the arrival of a suave Frenchman called Michel.
Evelyn ...... Monica Gibb
Michel ...... Robin Laing
Marcus ...... Mark McDonnell
Tina ...... Gayanne Potter
Geoff ...... Terry Wale
Ruby ...... Eileen McCallum
Producer David Jackson Young.
AMY'S SPAGHETTI....2006
14 Mar 06. A comedy. Newly-widowed Eddie Beattie begins a desperate search for a woman to re-fill his freezer, wash his socks and help fulfil his dream of winning the karaoke cup final. Repeated 2007.
Eddie ...... Finlay Welsh
Ailis ...... Una McLean
Kenny ...... Sean Scanlan
Josie ...... Ann Scott-Jones
Compere ...... Simon Tait
Producer Patrick Rayner.
THREE MINUTE WARNING....2004
22 Sep 04. Comedy - do Fay and Malcolm regret not having had
children? "Only in the way I regret not having cavity
wall insulation" says Fay ... "it would have filled a
void".....but Fay develops unmistakeable symptoms, including
morning sickness. The trouble is, she's 76 and Malcolm is 78.
With Eileen McCallum, Ralph Riach, Sheila Donald, Paul
Cunningham, Sandy Neilson, Steven McNicoll, Gayanne
Potter. Director David Jackson Young.
WONDERFUL SOMEONE....2003
6 Feb 03, repeated 2005. Donna is a sixteen-year-old Scottish schoolgirl with big plans to be a major Country and Western star - but right now it looks as though her only future is in the family ice-cream business. Worse still, what with her divorced parents getting back together and her brother getting parole, she lacks even the basic pre-requisite for genuine Nashville-style superstardom: a troubled and tragic private life. It's time to seek out a little unhappiness
Donna ...... Julie Austin
Mike ...... Paul Cunningham
Mum ...... Julie Duncanson
Dad ...... Finlay Welsh
Nan ...... Eileen McCallum
Vernon Isbister ...... Steven McNicoll
Other parts played by members of the cast.
Produced by David Jackson Young.
TOUCHING THE LINDEN TREE....2002
By Colin Hough and Rebecca Trick-Walker. When a high-powered advertising executive gives up the rat race, he finds rural life both exasperating and inspiring. 5 Mar 2002.
Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
Asterisked plays known to exist in VRPCC collections
