15 Minute Musical is a comedy series on BBC Radio 4 written by Richie Webb, David Quantick and Dave Cohen. Each episode is in a different musical style with a story featuring current celebrities and politicians. BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... David Quantick (born 1961, Wortley, South Yorkshire) is a freelance journalist, writer and critic who specialises in music and comedy. ...

Episodes

The first series aired from October 2004 and featured the following episodes:

1. Brothers In Arms - A rock musical about Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and the 1994 Labour Party leadership race
2. Jeffrey! - A Gilbert and Sullivan style operetta portraying the rise and fall of Jeffrey Archer
3. BollyWindsor - A Bollywood romp starring the Royal Family
4. Calamity Dave - An Oklahoma! pastiche about the life of David Beckham
5. Horror Tory - Michael Howard and Anne Widdecombe plot their next move in Rocky Horror style
6. The Elton Story - Ben Elton sells his soul in an Andrew Lloyd Webber twee-fest

The second series aired from December 2005, featuring: The Whos Tommy, the first album explicitly billed as a rock opera A rock opera or rock musical is a musical production in the form of an opera or a musical in a modern rock and roll style rather than more traditional forms. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... For other people with the same name, see Gordon Brown (disambiguation). ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ... W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Librettist William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911) and composer Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900) collaborated on a series of fourteen comic operas in Victorian England between 1871 and 1896. ... Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is a British best-selling author and politician. ... Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. ... Members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour ceremony The British Royal Family is a shared royal family. ... Oklahoma! was the first musical play written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (see Rodgers and Hammerstein). ... David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975) is an English footballer born in Leytonstone, London. ... The Rt Hon. ... The Right Honourable Ann Widdecombe (born October 4, 1947) is a British Conservative politician. ... Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is an English comedian, writer and director. ... Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre, and also the elder brother of Julian Lloyd Webber. ...

1. Blunketto - An Italian opera charting life of David Blunkett
2. Simon Smug and The Crap Factory - Simon Cowell and his fellow judges come a cropper in a Roald Dahl musical scenario
3. George W Formby Does It Again - George W. Bush tries to save the world armed with his ukulele
4. Food! - Celebrity chefs enrol in Delia Smith's Fame Academy
5. Nice Hair - A Sixties love-in with Robert Kilroy-Silk
6. My Foul-Mouthed Lady - Madonna and Guy Ritchie try to change themselves into something they're not

The third series aired from August 2006, featuring: David Blunkett (born 6 June 1947) is a British Labour Party politician and has been Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside since 1987. ... Simon Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is an English artist and repertoire (A&R) executive for Sony BMG in the United Kingdom, but is known as a judge on the television programs such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, American Idol and Britains Got Talent. ... Roald Dahl (IPA: ) (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a Welsh novelist, short story author and screenwriter of Norwegian parentage, famous as a writer for both children and adults. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... Delia Smith on the cover of one her popular books, Delia Smiths Cookery Course. ... Robert Michael Kilroy-Silk (born 19 May 1942) is a British politician and is well-known as the presenter of his former daytime television confessional talk show Kilroy. ... Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ... Guy Ritchie (born 10th September 1968 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire[1]) is an English writer-director. ...

1. Manager Mia - A tribute to former England football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson and the songs of ABBA
2. S.S. Metaphor - Kate Moss and Pete Doherty star in an unbreakable love affair on an unsinkable ship
3. Oh! What a Lovely Blair - Field Marshal Corporal Lieutenant General Tony Blair in the trenches
4. The Court of King Michael of Parkinson - Who will take Michael Parkinson's prog rock chat show throne?
5. The Blue Brothers - Cocaine and Bonkers are on a mission – to save the Conservative Party orphange
6. The Three Smugateers - Chris Martagnan and friends make the world safe for his p'tit bébé, Pomme

The fourth series is scheduled for September 2007.   (IPA: , born February 5, 1948) is a currently unemployed football manager from Sweden. ... ABBA was a Swedish pop music group active from 1972 until 1982. ... Katherine Ann Moss (born January 16, 1974), known as Kate Moss, is an iconic English supermodel and fashion designer. ... It has been suggested that Pete Dohertys controversies be merged into this article or section. ... Titanic is a 1997 romantic drama / disaster film directed, written and co-produced by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... Michael Parkinson CBE (born 28 March 1935) is an English journalist and television presenter. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom, positions he has occupied since December 2005. ... Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, MP (born 19 June 1964, New York),[1] better known as Boris The Homosexual Johnson, is a British Conservative Party politician, journalist and historian. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and is the second oldest extant political party in the world. ... Christopher Anthony John Martin (born March 2, 1977) is the lead singer, occasional lead guitarist and pianist of the popular rock band Coldplay. ...

Notes

Richie Webb and Vicki Pepperdine also performed a one-minute musical on 28 Acts in 28 Minutes on Radio 4. 28 Acts in 28 Minutes is a stand-up TV comedy show aired on the UKs BBC 3. ...

And a 30 minute spoof documentary featuring Mark Lawson interviewing the non-existent composer Sir Richard Von Webber (played by Richie Webb) about his life's work, aired in December 2006 on Radio 4. The show managed to include an excerpt from all eighteen musicals to date. Mark Lawson (born April 11, 1962) is a British journalist, broadcaster and author. ...

Production team

• Starring Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Vicki Pepperdine, Mel Hudson, Alex Lowe
• Written by Richie Webb, David Quantick, Dave Cohen
• Music composed, performed and arranged by Richie Webb
• Music production by Matt Katz
• Produced by Katie Tyrrell

External links

• Richie Webb at MySpace
• Richie Webb and Matt Katz
• 15 Minute Musical at BBC Radio 4
• Tickets for recordings