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| In addition to Brigstocke, it stars [[Rufus Jones (actor)|Rufus Jones]], [[William Andrews (comedian)|William Andrews]] and [[Margaret Cabourn-Smith]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/radio/the_brig_society/|title = The Brig Society - Radio 4 Sketch Show| website=[[British Comedy Guide]] }}</ref> | In addition to Brigstocke, it stars [[Rufus Jones (actor)|Rufus Jones]], [[William Andrews (comedian)|William Andrews]] and [[Margaret Cabourn-Smith]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/radio/the_brig_society/|title = The Brig Society - Radio 4 Sketch Show| website=[[British Comedy Guide]] }}</ref> |
| The title is a pun on "The [[Big Society]]", a core British Conservative Party proposal seeking to phase out government services for replacement by volunteer campaigns. The programme, a comic monologue punctuated by sketches, challenges the proposal by imagining the nightmare that would ensue if the volunteer were Marcus Brigstocke. Each week, Brigstocke has volunteered and "been put in charge of a thing", such as a hospital, the railways, British Fashion, a prison, or a drug cartel. Each week he starts out by thinking "Well, it can’t be that difficult, surely?" and ends up realizing "Oh - turns out it’s utterly difficult and complicated. Who knew...?" In the process he outlines a critique of social attitudes and government responses to the institution under discussion. Following the end of the series proper, ''The Brig Society'' has returned in the form of limited or one-off specials, namely a two-part special concerning British newsprint media, and the 2022 episode "The CoBrig Society", which satirised responses to the [[coronavirus pandemic]]. | The title is a pun on "The [[Big Society]]", a core [[British Conservative Party]] proposal that sought to phase out government services and replace them with volunteer campaigns. The programme, a comic monologue punctuated by sketches, challenges the proposal by imagining the nightmare that would ensue if the volunteer were Marcus Brigstocke. Each week, Brigstocke has volunteered and "been put in charge of a thing", such as a hospital, the railways, British Fashion, a prison, or a drug cartel. Each week he starts out by thinking "Well, it can’t be that difficult, surely?" and ends up realizing "Oh - turns out it’s utterly difficult and complicated. Who knew...?" In the process he outlines a critique of social attitudes and government responses to the institution under discussion. Following the end of the series proper, ''The Brig Society'' has returned in the form of limited or one-off specials, namely a two-part special concerning British newsprint media, and the 2022 episode "The CoBrig Society", which satirised responses to the [[coronavirus pandemic]]. |
| The theme music seems to name Mr. Brigstocke but is instead the 1970 funk/soul recording "[[Mr. Big Stuff]]" performed by [[Jean Knight]]. | The theme music seems to name Mr. Brigstocke but is instead the 1970 funk/soul recording "[[Mr. Big Stuff]]" performed by [[Jean Knight]]. |
| The show is written by [[Marcus Brigstocke]], Jeremy Salsby, Toby Davies, Nick Doody, Tom Neenan and [[Steve Punt]]. It is produced by [[David Tyler (producer)|David Tyler]]. | The show was written by [[Marcus Brigstocke]], Jeremy Salsby, Toby Davies, Nick Doody, Tom Neenan and [[Steve Punt]]. It was produced by [[David Tyler (producer)|David Tyler]]. |
| ==References== | ==References== |
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