Tag: Comedy

For centuries man has been fascinated by stories and once in a while, when the stars align, out of the rich tapestry of yarns comes a legend. This is The Legend of Nic and Joe!

Nic Bowden and Joe Lister-Streep play Joe Lister-Streep and Nic Bowden; two struggling sitcom writers with a deadline to meet, but a severe case of writer’s block. This is hardly surprising though as most of their time is spent becoming embroiled in a series of hair-brained schemes, meeting a plethora of colourful characters and indulging in a spot of casual violence. It’s wacky, it’s fun, it’s crazy, it’s outrageous. It’s about 30 minutes too long…

In the winter of 2007, under conditions of utmost secrecy, BBC managers created a now mothballed sister station for ‘Radio 4’.

Supposed to be a fresh start, a bolder, less middle-class approach to talk radio, it all went terribly wrong. Evan Davies lost a leg, Charlotte Green needed counseling and Marcus Brigstocke was never seen again. Now, in the basement passages of Broadcasting House stalks a lumpen, ghoulish, benighted creature, known as ‘Radio Fore’, the ill-shapen bastard offspring of its elder sibling, kept secret from the public. Until now…

Across the farthest reaches of the galaxy, a great evil empire has arisen. One which threatens the existence of every living creature in the entire cosmos. Never before has there been such a need for heroes to stand up and make a difference; because only those most noble of heart & strong in spirit can turn back the tide.

And this story tells the tale of the two greatest heroes of them all. Two simple small Budgerigars, on a small insignificant little blue planet known as Earth, who are about to embark on an epic adventure which will save the universe (or maybe they won’t).

Imagine a world without consequence. A world in which your actions no longer lead directly to your death. A world in which our specially trained team monitor you every minute of every day, and if we think you’re about to have an accident, we freeze time; fill out the required paperwork, charge you a standard premium fee, restart time and place you back just out of harms way. Well, don’t imagine anymore, because we are ‘J.M Insurance’…. and ‘Your Life’, is in ‘Our Hands’

Once again we return to the world of podcasting with three new short productions that all deal with that thing we lovingly call ‘life’. We start by exploring the highs and lows (plus the nail polish) of a local temping agency. We then jump back 70 years and listen to a surprisingly prophetic women hiding within the London underground during the blitz. Finally, we’re introduced to Kaz and Donna; two young women who have nothing but their makeup, Ugg-Boots and bus tickets to help them make it through the day.

Each tale is different, each one is unique but they find themselves here, on the ‘Cornucopia Radio Podcast’

Declan Deck has invented something which he feels will change the very nature of what we consider ‘standing’ and what we consider ‘sitting’. He calls it an ‘easy-to-erect-and-collapse-one-size-fits-all-canvas-covered-chair’ (although he’s flexible on future name changes)

He thinks that perhaps a soon-to-be-launched, metal-clad, yet unsinkable boat (featuring four funnels, five decks & one lifeboat), will be the perfect place to demonstrate his new sessio-esque device. But somewhere, out in the Mid-Atlantic, sits a lonely and tone-deaf iceberg; who has a very different idea…

In this months podcast we’ll check out the latest breakthrough in artificial intelligence, have a go at restarting the cold war, see if pressing a button could really get you a cool million dollars and finally, we’ll ask what would have happened if Juliet had settled down and married Romeo.

It’s all here on the “Cornucopia Radio Show Podcast”: The Home of Imagination!