Barry's Lunch Club

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Barry's Lunch Club
Barry's Lunch Club

Episode 1 of 4

Alex Lowe is 82 year old Barry, who invites an audience to his weekly lunch club where he scrutinises themes close to his heart. With club secretary Hilary (Stephanie Cole) to rein him in, and club treasurer Peter (Philip Pope) providing support on the civic hall piano, this is the ultimate life-style guide for an ageing nation.

Episode 1: Travel
Barry responds to a question about travel for the over 60s and relates his disastrous holiday experiences on a cruise ship and at an activity holiday.

Barry is a cockney moved to the suburbs during the war. He is not given to looking at the old days through rose coloured spectacles, and is well up to speed with current trends. A seemingly harmless old boy, he lures people into a false sense of security, delivering hilariously stinging rebukes or erudite assessments of how the world is treating the over 60s.

Stand-up comedy crossed with sitcom, the show plays out in real time as if we are eavesdropping on a civic hall meeting group.

Audio
30 minutes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07889gb
 

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