Blitzkrieg Bop

Frank Cottrell Boyce's series of plays about the punk generation 30 years on continues with the story of Mo Motormouth, co-promoter of the original gig.

Based on the fictional premise that in March 1977 punk band the Adverts performed a gig in Camberley to an audience of 27 people.

Over 30 years later, someone is trying to bring those 27 people back together again for a reunion

In 1977, self-styled Mo was writing a punk fanzine.

In fact, as the self-styled Mo Motormouth, she was the co-promoter of the original gig.

Now she's a struggling commercial radio presenter who’s been doing the travel news.

An attempt to re-launch her ailing career brings unwelcome attention from some of her 'livelier' listeners.

Encouraged by her ambitious - or should that be desperate - producer Shammi, her career receives a belated boost when she gives her on-air persona an opinionated, in-yer-face punk makeover.

Mo has been invited to the reunion.

Will her new-found success survive the attention of a dubious element amongst her audience...not least former co-promoter Benny Bondage who seems convinced there's a nasty skeleton rattling in Mo's cupboard?

Mo .... Pauline Quirke
Benny …. Adam Kotz
Shammi .... Manjinder Virk
Steve Reeves .... Ivan Kaye
George …. Ben Crowe
Arthur .... Harry Myers
Jack .... Sanjay Shelat
Teacher/Barney …. Stephen Critchlow
Benny's Daughter …. Amy Enticknap

Director: Toby Swift

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2008.