Welcome To Our Village (Please invade carefully)

[chatterbox]

Twitter rumour has it that Julian has just recorded a pilot for Radio 2 alongside Peter Davison and Katherine (IT Crowd)Parkinson ). Currently expected to air on 5th July on Radio 2 so keep those ears peeled....

[tutt-sweet]

Bit more info here.....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2012/27/welsome-to-our-village-please-invade-carefully.html

Nice to see the wonderful Dave Lamb making an appearance too......such a funny man!

[chatterbox]

Thanks Di. Lets hope it gets a commission!

[googlestar]

A nice picture here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/ ... -Carefully

Sounds like it will be fun...looking forward to hearing it on iplayer!

[pennygwynne]

Enjoyed it very much and Julian was lovely and funny. Hope it goes to a series.

[tutt-sweet]

Really enjoyed it. What an incredibly well spoken alien! Julian at his comedic best.

[cello]

No news from the front, girls?

[chatterbox]

Cello, you are keeping us on our toes!

The final recordings for the series were last night, and having been to all of them, I can report that we are in for a treat! Hattie Moran has replaced Katherine Parkinson for the series, but the rest of the cast was largely unchanged. Julian had a lot of fun with his mildly incompetent baddie role and as sfx magazine reported from the pilot he still 'steals the show as the villainous Uljabaan, playing him with a charming mixture of bemusement and mild depression'. Is it wrong that I am sort of hoping that the aliens win?

The series starts on 7th March on radio 2 and there are 4 episodes to look out for...

[tutt-sweet]

I have to agree ..JRT definitely steals the show, & he is certainly THE most charming alien I've ever come into contact with!

Set your recorders ladies.. 7 March Radio 2 at 21.30. There are 4 x 30 min episodes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r0fv7
For those who know me, I particularly enjoyed the 'cricket match' episode & exchanged a couple of amused/meaningful glances from Julian at the recording.

Really hope that will be another series...or two!

[chatterbox]

Ooh, and I have added the pilot to our new audio hosting site here http://www.4shared.com/mp3/f1ADZZLk/wel ... fully.html

[cello]

Cheers all. x

[tutt-sweet]

New series of WTOVPIC recording soon, but sadly without JRT it seems. Guess he's still in Oz

http://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/shows/welcome_to_our_village_series2