{"product_id":"2940194119332","title":"One Chord Wonders: Five Full Cast BBC Radio Dramas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Cottrell Boyce's series of plays about the punk generation 30 years on\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat if punk heroes The Adverts had played a gig in Camberley in 1977, to an audience of 27 people? And what if, three decades later, someone tried to bring that audience back together for a reunion? That's the premise of these five linked plays by award-winning screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce, telling the stories of some of those audience members as they look back on that life-changing night. Among the star casts are \u003cb\u003eDoon Mackichan, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePauline Quirke, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSiân Reeves, Rosie Cavaliero, Richard Ridings, Danny Webb\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eManjinder Virk.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParallel Lines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - When Julie, a singer in a Blondie tribute band, is invited to the reunion (along with her husband Pete, aka Zorba the Freak), she's unsure whether or not to go. As she tries to track down 'Thing' and Margaret, two of her contemporaries from those formative days, she finds herself facing a few uncomfortable truths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlitzkrieg Bop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Back in 1977, Mo Motormouth was a fanzine writer, and co-promoter of the Adverts gig alongside fellow punk Benny Bondage. Now a struggling local radio presenter, her career receives an unexpected boost when she gives her on-air persona an opinionated, in-yer-face makeover. But her newfound success brings some unwelcome attention from the livelier elements among her listeners...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDamned, Damned, Damned\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ex-punk and ex-personal security guard Mick ended up in prison after an altercation with an over-enthusiastic fan. But now he's a different man: he's found Jesus, and he's working on managing his anger. Can he find salvation in remembering the one time when he was truly happy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Is the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Onetime `anarcho-punk' Muttley lives in an eco-collective in Wales with his teenage daughter, Lineel. Hoping to find out about her late mother's past, Lineel sets off on a walking pilgrimage to Camberley, and Muttley has no choice but to accompany her. He's about to be forcibly reunited with his former self - and Lineel's about to find out what life is like in the `real world' beyond the commune.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelevision is Over\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - In this final play, we flash back to where it all began: Camberley, March 1977. Punk has arrived in suburban Surrey, and the town's respectable residents are outraged - but the local teens are ready for revolution. 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