One (radio series)
One is a radio comedy series created by David Quantick. It was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra. Each episode lasts 15 minutes and consists of a series of vignettes, each of which features only a single voice.
Subjects
The style and subject matter of the vignettes is varied, but some themes recur.- Unusual messages recorded on answering machines.
- Readings of notes found in a guest book at a vacation home, featuring bizarre complaints.
- Audio guides to museums that have obscure or bizarre exhibits.
- Parodies of commentaries in the style of well-known personalities, sometimes read by the personalities themselves, such as Jeremy Clarkson reading "Top Dog", or bird expert Bill Oddie describing, in the style of a nature documentary, a typical encounter between Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.
- Recitations of ideas such as personal crises, bad moods, T-shirt slogans etc., in the style of the Shipping Forecast. For example: