Uncle Mort's Celtic Fringe is a comedy series by Peter Tinniswood. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996 with a second series later that year. Each episode is 30 minutes in length[1]. These two series were preceded by Uncle Mort's North Country and Uncle Mort's South Country.
Plot[]
Uncle Mort and his nephew Carter Brandon travel to Wales.
Cast[]
- Uncle Mort - Stephen Thorne
- Carter Brandon - Sam Kelly
- Narrator - Christian Rodska
with
- Stuart Organ
- June Barrie
- Liz Goulding
- Richard Davies
- Howell Evans
- Harrison Dastick
Directed by Pete Atkin
Series One[]
Episode Number | Title | Broadcast Date | Summary |
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01 | "Croesco To Whatsisname" | 12 February 1996 | It's time for Carter Brandon to take another holiday. He takes the Beetle to Wales, and with him goes his Uncle Mort. |
02 | "Happy Days" | 19 February 1996 | An old man acts like a child when Carter Brandon and Uncle Mort take him out for the day. |
03 | "A Good Day for Banning" | 26 February 1996 | Carter Brandon and Uncle Mort spend the night at a very eccentric hotel. |
04 | "Seeing Things" | 04 March 1996 | Uncle Mort has strange visions. |
05 | "What a Screech" | 11 March 1996 | Carter Brandon helps Uncle Mort look up an old flame, but they are surprised by what they find. |
Series Two[]
Episode Number | Title | Broadcast Date | Summary |
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01 | "A Shufti At The Valleys" | 26 August 1996 | Carter and Uncle Mort explore obscure parts of Wales and Mort muses he wants 'just gone for a shufti' written on his headstone. |
02 | "Tricky Icky" | 02 September 1996 | Uncle Mort and nephew Carter Brandon sample more Welsh hospitality, this time from famed sportsman Icky Williams. |
03 | "Lofoten Jones" | 09 September 1996 | A chiropodist convention in the local village means Mort and Carter seek lodging out of town with the sex mad Reverend Lofoten Jones. |
04 | "As Legend Has It" | 16 September 1996 | Uncle Mort and Carter Brandon sample more Welsh hospitality, this time from some annoying canary-yellow tourists. |
05 | "Last Respects" | 23 September 1996 | Uncle Mort and Carter Brandon finish sampling Welsh hospitality - with a funeral. |