Blitzkrieg Bop

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

In 1977 self-styled Mo Motormouth was writing a punk fanzine. Now she's doing the travel news for a radio station. An attempt to re-launch her ailing career brings unwelcome attention from some of her 'livelier' listeners.

Mo, a struggling commercial radio presenter has been invited to the reunion. In fact, as the self-styled Mo Motormouth, she was the co-promoter of the original gig. 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. 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?

Writer Frank Cottrell Boyce is probably best known for films like '24 Hour Party People', 'A Cock & Bull Story', 'Hilary & Jackie', 'Welcome to Sarajevo' and 'Butterfly Kiss'. He won the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2004 for 'Millions', his first novel, which was subsequently filmed by British director Danny Boyle.

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.