Four Joneses and a Jenkins
The Complete BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series
- author
- Sue Limb
- Narrator
- Miscellaneous
- Length
- 5 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House
- Catalogue #
- 20286
- Categories
- Plays Theatre & DanceHumorous Fiction
- Ratings
- 0 star rating
Written by Sue Limb, this pastoral sitcom follows six months in the life of the Jones family, who live on a small farm in rural Wales. We join them in September - the start of the farming year - as daughter Megan, a brainy 'plain Jane', sets her sights on Mr Bootle - only to find he's really just interested in birdwatching. December brings 'Goose-Feathering Night' - but Megan's determined to save Gudrun from a plucking. February finds her desperate to get into Oxford University but fearing rejection: could the creepy Mr Jenkins offer a solution? There are ructions in April, as her desire to escape the farm and become a student leads to a confrontation; while June sees a storm descend on the village, and the talk turns electric. And, as August arrives and the harvest is gathered in, Megan spurns the Carnival Queen contest in favour of a visit to Nana...