Click to be taken to Season Two: Episode Six!
Two funeral parlours. One Channel Island. In this week's episode of my funereal sitcom Wooden Overcoats, Rudyard Funn discovers that he's not the only person on the island who despises his rival, Eric Chapman - but disaster, as ever, lurks around the corner...
Having written The Cliffhanger for our first season, in which Antigone agonised over her past, present and possible future, Cordelia Lynn was a natural choice to write a more introspective episode for Rudyard in Season Two. We see new sides to his character in this one (it's undoubtedly his best role in the series to date, and Felix Trench delivers a storming performance to match) as he discovers that there are things more important than getting the body in the coffin in the ground on time. Antigone, Georgie and even Madeleine are all caught unawares, whilst Eric finds himself the target of water balloons and threatening letters...
Having written The Cliffhanger for our first season, in which Antigone agonised over her past, present and possible future, Cordelia Lynn was a natural choice to write a more introspective episode for Rudyard in Season Two. We see new sides to his character in this one (it's undoubtedly his best role in the series to date, and Felix Trench delivers a storming performance to match) as he discovers that there are things more important than getting the body in the coffin in the ground on time. Antigone, Georgie and even Madeleine are all caught unawares, whilst Eric finds himself the target of water balloons and threatening letters...
This episode features a number of returning residents, with Agatha Doyle (Alison Skilbeck) launching a new investigation, and Antigone seeking advice from a trio of old friends. Chief among them all is a thrilling central performance from Maxwell Tyler as Jerry the baker, who's been with us since the first scene of the first episode of the first season of Wooden Overcoats. During that season, I gave all our background crowd characters names and personalities, and looked forward to furthering that work in Season Two. In co-writing this episode with Cordelia, I'm delighted to have orchestrated Jerry's rise to prominence, and that doing so has also cast a spotlight on fellow crowd characters Bill and Tanya (Pip Gladwin and Holly Campbell). It was such fun to record this one and I hope you get as much enjoyment listening to it.
You can download Episode Six from iTunes (do leave us a review if you can!) or your prefered podcast provider, or else listen to it on the main Wooden Overcoats website. Also, if you're able to get to London for the 12th and 19th December then tickets are still available for our remaining Live Shows (Eps 7-8, and the Christmas show). Speaking of Christmas, our festive special - available exclusively to our backers - is now available for pre-order if you missed our Kickstarter earlier in 2016.
And as an extra bonus, I shall leave you with a recording of a certain song from last week's episode, featuring the Piffling Philharmonic's James Whittle and Karl Kramer. Enjoy yourselves!
You can download Episode Six from iTunes (do leave us a review if you can!) or your prefered podcast provider, or else listen to it on the main Wooden Overcoats website. Also, if you're able to get to London for the 12th and 19th December then tickets are still available for our remaining Live Shows (Eps 7-8, and the Christmas show). Speaking of Christmas, our festive special - available exclusively to our backers - is now available for pre-order if you missed our Kickstarter earlier in 2016.
And as an extra bonus, I shall leave you with a recording of a certain song from last week's episode, featuring the Piffling Philharmonic's James Whittle and Karl Kramer. Enjoy yourselves!
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