Fabulous: The Complete Series 1-3: A BBC Radio full-cast comedy
About this audiobook
Faye Walters knows that today's women are sorted and stylish. They have the job, the house, the colour co-ordinated capsule wardrobe. They cope with the pressures of singledom, marriage and having kids with peanut-allergies. And they all do it effortlessly, with nothing more than a women's mag and a poem by Pam Ayres to guide them.
So why can't she pull it off?
Everything would be fabulous if only she could wangle an invitation to her boss's wedding, buy a flat with her boyfriend and get her mum to loan her £10,000. But even with a new kitchen, an awards ceremony and her own engagement party to look forward to, she's still anxious. And life only gets more nerve-wracking as she prepares for a royal visit at work and her hen do - especially since she's having serious doubts about whether she wants to get married at all...
Starring Daisy Haggard (Breeders, Back to Life) as ditsy, neurotic Faye, this quirky comedy features a stellar cast including Katy Brand as Denise, Olivia Colman and Melanie Hudson as Edith, Laura Solon as Kim and Justin Edwards as Mark. Among the guest stars are Adam Buxton, Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Mark Lamarr.
Produced by Simon Nicholls
Music by Osymyso
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 16 May-20 June 2007 (Series 1), 14 October-11 November 2008 (Series 2), 9 February-2 March 2010 (Series 3)
Cast
Faye - Daisy Haggard
Denise - Katy Brand
Edith - Olivia Colman/Melanie Hudson
Kim - Laura Solon
Mark - Justin Edwards
With Adam Buxton, Matthew Holness, Joanna Neary, Eve Dallas, John Dougall, Joanna Scanlan, Anne Reid, Jot Davies, Geoffrey McGivern, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Stephen Critchlow, Mel Hudson, John Rowe, Dan Starkey, Bradley Ford, Renee Clark, Chelsea Jabbau, Alison Pettit, Martin Hyder, Joanna Monro, Sally Grace, David Armand, Nigel Hastings, Rufys Wright, John Biggins, Mark Lamarr
About the author
Justin Edwards (Reader)
Justin Edwards is a comedian and actor who came to fame as one of the Perrier Award-winning sketch trio The Consultants. He created the character of Jeremy Lion, a drunken children's entertainer, and has appeared in numerous TV shows including The Thick of It, Respectable and the new version of Are You Being Served? On radio, he and Ben Willbond co-wrote and co-starred in the hit sitcom Double Science. Among Justin Edwards' other radio credits are The News Quiz and In and Out of the Kitchen.
Katy Brand (Reader)
Katy Brand is a writer, comedian, and actor. In 2008, she won Best Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards for her ITV sketch show, Katy Brand's Big Ass Show, and has since appeared in numerous films, including Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, Svengali, Good Arrows; TV shows including QI, Peep Show, Have I Got News for You, Buzzcocks, Strictly Come Dancing; radio shows including The Infinite Monkey Cage and live events including Victoria Wood's Angina Monologues and the Twitter Joke Trial Benefit Gig. Katy writes regularly for the Telegraph amongst others. She also once dressed up as Beyoncé on national television and very nearly got away with it...
