The Sofa of Time

The Sofa of Time

Infobox Radio Show
show_name = The Sofa of Time


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caption = Nick Frost and Matt King
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format = Comedy-drama
runtime = 30 minutes
country = flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
language = English
home_station = BBC Radio 4
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starring = Nick Frost
Matt King
Mark Heap
Julia Deakin
Simon Pegg
Peter Serafinowicz
creator = Nick Frost
Matt King
writer = Nick Frost
Matt King
director =
producer =
executive_producer =
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first_aired = October 24, 2002
last_aired = November 28, 2002
num_series = 1
num_episodes = 6
audio_format = Stereophonic sound
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website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/sofa.shtml BBC website]
podcast =

"The Sofa of Time" was a BBC Radio 4 comedy drama written by and starring Nick Frost and Matt King. It was broadcast in 2002.

Milford (King) and Parker (Frost) get sacked from their jobs in a soft furnishings factory in Crouch End. As they are clearing out their lockers, they fall into the magical world of Gravy. Frost described Gravy as an "Tolkien-esque world with supermarkets and banks". [ [http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=interviews&id=1109 Interview with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost] ]

There they meet Marmite the Dwarf, (Mark Heap), who believes that Milford is "the chosen one", who has come at last to save the people from the evil emperor warlock Raamen Bod, (Peter Serafinowicz), who plans to find the Sofa of Time, the most magical and powerful item of furniture in the entire universe, and use it for evil purposes.

The series featured "Spaced" regulars Mark Heap, Julia Deakin, Peter Serafinowicz, and Simon Pegg as well as Kevin Eldon, Daisy Jones and Joseph Marcell. The series was produced by Mario Stylianides, for Talkback.

The BBC offered King and Frost a second series, but they declined as during the recording of the series the two fell out and vowed never to work together again. [ [http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/661/661277p8.html Interview with Nick Frost] ] The series has never been made commercially available.

Episode List

N.b. Some sources (e.g. epguides.com) also list the alternative title "A Lovely Day in Tangleton" for episode two.

References

External Links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/sofa.shtml BBC page for the series]
* [http://epguides.com/SofaofTime/ epguides.com]


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