1834 Time Travelling Teacher

Jim Poyser's BBC radio riotous six-part comedy of time travel and delight.

Jason Slater is a very average twenty-first-century English teacher from Cheadle Hulme, but somehow wakes up after a few drinks in nineteenth-century Macclesfield. Apparently, he's now Tarquin, third son of Lord Belport, with a faithful valet, a suspicious brother, a spurned ex-girlfriend (who's now going out with his brother) - and no obvious way he'll ever get back home again.

From toasted sandwich makers and the perfect beer, to root canals and royal visits, can Jason - Tarquin, that is - change the course of history and make 1834 his playground? Or will all his modern sentiments and inventions cause total disaster for the rest of time - or at least the rest of his life? A fun comedy of historical proportions, 1834: Time Travelling Teacher is created by the writer of Stockport: So Good They Named It Once and The Architects.

Cast

Jason Slater: Michael Begley

Ned: Joe Caffery

Hoskins: Kenneth Alan Taylor

Lord Belfort: Mark Chatterton

Henry: James Nickerson

Luddite/Highwayman: Toby Hadoke

Millicent: Julia Rounthwaite

Stubbs: Glenn Cunningham

Duke of Cranmere: John Craig

Queen Victoria: Caroline Harding

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates:

11 June - 16 July 2003

Production credits

Written by Jim Poyser

Directed by Polly Thomas