The Lockdown Revue: Recent Episodes
Danny Morrell
The Lockdown Revue gives a comic voice to a collection of characters tackling life and restrictions in our pandemic times. All scripted and voiced by Danny Morrell.
Please start to listen from the bottom of this list. Some characters, like favourite Reverend Packside, appear more than once so their earlier stories will appear lower down (use the bar at the side of the window to scroll down) . Hope they make you smile.
What are birds saying to each other in the dawn chorus? During lockdown I used a 'Comedy Translator' to decipher a twittering conversation...
I do like doing Liverpool accents and this little playlet relies on me doing convincing male and female voices to convey the characters. It has a slightly mythic quality too, yes it's played for comedy through the eyes of the teenage daughter, but when the the dream sequence at the Pier Head popped into my head I knew I'd got something a little more special. Danny
The Reverend in back! This time he's showcasing the wildlife in the churchyard, but there's an unexpected visitor too...
Even superheroes had to isolate in Lockdown. For Captain UK though the time in isolation highlights a few home truths.
Here's a rather sophisticated gentleman trying hard to cope with an enforced lockdown. With little else to do he busies himself pondering imponderables...
Because of lockdown the Reverend Packside is having to put the church harvest festival online. First though there's the small matter of his first 'Zoom' meeting with the church committee, and they've all brought something to show him...
Have you seen 'The Joy of Painting' on BBC4? During lockdown Bob Ross and his painting programme have been an inspiration to many. Here is a comedy tribute to the great man with the great hair.
We now realise the importance of key workers. During lockdown they kept the country going. This gentleman though doesn't necessarily need a key, he has other ways to carry out a job.
Reverend Packside is back... with a plan. He has a way to visually bring back his congregation into the church during lockdown. Will though the technology support him?
The legends say that in England's hour of need Arthur will return to defend the nation. So where's he been during the pandemic? Listen to find out...
As the first Lockdown came to an end little children returned to school. It would though take an agent of change to get them through the virus restrictions. Meet Pond, Miss Pond...
Introducing the Reverend Packside who turns to technology to reach his congregation during Lockdown. There's a little bit of Winston Churchill in the Reverend, if only he didn't so easily accidentally slip into double entendre...