Peacefully in Their Sleeps is a BBC Radio 4 comedy series written by Chris Chantler and Howard Read. Paying tribute to fictional celebrities, it lampoons postwar popular culture using fake archive footage and interviews. Six episodes were produced, and aired from July until September 2007.
BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is Gwyneth Williams, and the station is part of BBC Radio and the BBC Radio department. The station is broadcast from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. On 21 January 2019 Williams announced she was quitting the role. There are no details of when or who will be her replacement.
Chris Chantler is a British comedy writer, occasional performer, and doom metal musician. His work includes An A-Z of The British Countryside, Peacefully In Their Sleeps, Two Posh Old Men (UKTV), The Milk Run, and Stairlift To Heaven in the Children's BBC comedy showcase slot Gina's Laughing Gear. He also provided material for three of Howard Read's Edinburgh Festival shows. Chris has recently had success as co-writer and occasional actor in the 13 episodes of "Little Howard's Big Question" which aired on Children's BBC January 2009 through March 2009. He has written for Terrorizer since 2000 and also plays drums in the extreme doom band Moss. In 2015, he was assigned to write some of the Danger Mouse episodes with Howard Read.
Howard Oliver Drinkwater Read is a British comedian, animator and aspiring song writer best known for his work with his animated sidekick, Little Howard. His other creations include an angry manager with a conversational style and the worldview of Bernard Manning, Roger T Pigeon, and H:BOT 2000, a robot from the future. Each of these characters interact with both Big Howard and each other.
Marcus Alexander Brigstocke is an English comedian, actor and satirist. He has worked in stand-up comedy, television, radio and musical theatre. He has appeared on many BBC television and radio shows.
Elizabeth Spriggs was an English character actress.
Richard David Briers, was an English actor. His fifty-year career encompassed television, stage, film and radio.
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