Do you love a play on words? Do you love to be taken on a journey from
the comfort of your armchair? If so, this book could be for you! As a
taster... STEPHEN: Well, don't forget my cousin's a seamstress if that
helps. I know she's busy with some items this evening, actually. JIM Is
she making 'em? STEPHEN: No, Altrincham. To start with, anyway, then
later I expect she'll also be doing her usual trick of linking together
two or more garments by twisting the ends around each other. JIM: Oh,
you mean she'll be ... STEPHEN: Nottingham. Of course she has been known
to make a complete pig's ear of what previously were perfectly good
items of clothing. JIM: Oh, so she ... STEPHEN: Wrexham, yes. The Grand
Tour of the British Isles, from which that excerpt comes, is one of this
six-part comedy series written with radio in mind but where the
individual episodes could be presented as part of a theatre company's
comedy night. From place names to people and from songs to stars, this
is a feast of wordplay to satisfy even the hungriest stomachs. What are
you waiting for? Tuck in