Le Maire

RADIO 2, 10.00PM

Another of BBC Radio 2’s “Funny Fortnight” of new pilot comedies is a taut and funny comedy of manners with a top pedigree. Written by and starring Jonny Sweet, winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer in 2009, Le Maire also features Rosie Cavaliero (Jane Eyre; Hunderby) and Tim Key (Detectorists; Alpa Papa). Harriet (Cavaliero) and her husband Roy (Key) are living an idyllic expat life in a French village and getting involved in local politics, when Harriet’s chaotic brother, Ed (Sweet), arrives to stir things up.