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Art And Agony
To Jim's surprise Joe reveals his part in solving an art heist case
and Susan's memory returns bigtime.
This episode features in order of appearance:
David Caddy as the Announcer
Ian Brinton as Joe
Keith Walton as Jim
Jeremy Drake as Farmer Drake
Sue Tarrant as Susan
Editing and sound effects by David Caddy
Written by X.Dell and directed by Sue Tarrant
About Me
- Middle Ditch
- Welcome to Middle Ditch, quirky tales of village life. I am Monique, the creator and main writer of Middle Ditch. A new episode will be posted every three weeks. The cast consists of Ian Brinton, David Caddy, Janine Caddy, Westrow Cooper, Jeremy Drake, Freddie Fox, Helen Hardy, Paul Hart, Gordon Haskell, Brian Hinton MBE, Rowena Kitchen, Sorani Mkandawire, Dawn Napleton, Diana O'Rourke, Jay Ramsay, Svetlana Savrasova, Sue Tarrant, Keith Walton and myself. We are delighted to introduce Special Guests Esme Alexander, Oli Cary, Harry Denniston, Leo Dolan and Georgina Malcolm. Click on the player to listen to each episode.
MIddle Ditch 1
Our story starts here when the village debate about recycling becomes rowdy and ends in a fracas.
34 comments:
Thank you very much to all!
Best Wishes.
Something's rotten? That was the absolute best ever! Susan was great, I loved that!
Got a kick out of the "Triangles" coming out of his head. Very effective bit of description there. Good stuff, as always.
hahaha ..
great episode! kudos to all. and kudos to x.dell. at first i thought .. did i hear right? ruela? but yes, i did .. lol .. nice touch.
everybody sounded really wonderful. and i especially enjoyed susan. loved it..
Many thanks for the wonderful script X.Dell. It has a great arc and beautiful balance. I think that Sue has done a great job as actress and director on this episode, ably supported by some fine actors. This is one of my favourite episodes.
Hello, Monique,
I just noticed thekingpin68 is now linked here.
I will add your link to my blog immediately.
Russ:)
Thanks Foam, David. It always amazes me how actors bring flesh and bone into words. I say they were all wonderful to listen to, especially Susan.
I enjoyed this episode, but am still looking forward to the next.
You are most welcome Ruela, your art inspired this episode combined with Susan's tale.
She was, Jim, when we were rehearsing my hair stood upright at the back of my neck when Sue read her lines.
They did, Charles. I hope that Ruela put this piece of art on his blog again with this episode that we sent him. I promise you it will be a humdinger.
Thanks Foam, kudos to X.Dell indeed. He wrote a great episode. And Ruela's art is so great that I'm pleased this was used so effectively in Susan's story.
It is one of my favourite episodes too David along with many others. Still more great ones to come though.
Thank you for linking thekingpin, I will visit you soon.
X.Dell, a script has to be good for actors to bring it to life and yours most certainly was. My cast may be amateurs but they are excellent amateurs to say the least. They know exactly how to read the script and they had a wonderful time with this one, I assure you. And yes, Sue was great and so was Keith, Ian and Jeremy. They bounced off each other so well. The drama was wonderful, played off against the comedy Jeremy, Keith and Ian represented.
Thank you for playing these episodes. I listened to the last four of them, as I have been very busy. My Australian daughter had been here for a month with the family. We showed various landscapes to her Australian partner.
Thanks for the visit and comment on my blog. Yes the situation you described was even more frustrating. I made the sory partly up. Some facts were in a newspaper, but I made a story of them..
I have to admit I don'y understand post modern stuff myself. Great episode!
Great charm.
...And I got an art education out of it.
But it is so British, so quirky indeed...They tell me here in Canada that I should move to the U.K., where eccentrics are more accepted. :)
Wonderful writing and acting out.
Congrats all.
Loved the comment about modern art, Sue was very good too.
Just spotted your comment on my blog, yes the potatoes were delish!
I missed last months Middleditch due to not being able to play it.It was the only one I have missed due to some glitch the media screen would not load.This month's episode played perfectly.
Well done.
Thanks now I have listened to episode 46 too, very good, Minton was hilarious.Glitch has vanished ( think it was computer playing up last month).
Cast great as always.
Great job, X.Dell et al. Did I hear this line right? "A fine bit of semi-idiotic trans-exit sensationalism." Love that Farmer Drake.
Hey, reference my blog next! (kidding)
Benjibopper, you heard correctly.
Monique, David, thanks for the wonderful opportunity. I've greatly enjoy your efforts for years now, but this was special. You guys also deserve credit, however, for some of the really neat gags ("clever girl").
Thank you X.Dell. It was a good all round effort and came together very well. Keith and Ian seem to be very much at home playing Jim and Joe. Sue was great as Susan and the script was wonderfully quirky in the Middle Ditch tradition.
Lol that has happened to me too with Noushka! ( first time I had the sound on when blogging!)
Hello
LOng time have passing true...And I really want contact again. I have start a new blog in a different form ...we had Contemplation together and before I called my self Fancy Sweden, I hope that you will visit my new blog.
Love Fancy
hahahaha. thats great MD! I sometimes feel like Joe with all the trans-idiodic art talk but that was a great show!!
xx
pinks
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Thank you, and it is great to be back again...:)
Thank you for listening to the last four episodes Reader Wil. It must have been wonderful to have your family with you. They must enjoyed the visit. I will be over to see you as soon as I can.
Thank you for listening Beach Bum. X.Dell has written a great satire.
Thank you Ivan. We appreciate your comments. Yes there are plenty of eccentrics over here. Several of the characters in Middle Ditch are borderline eccentric and one in particular, Minton, is a definite. Is Joe one as well? Perhaps Middle Ditch 48 reveals more?
Hi Fizz, good to see you. Great that you could listen to the last two episodes. Those glitches can be so annoying. It happens to me too. I sometimes can't post comments on blogs and it is so frustrating.
Hi Benji, yes, it is a fine bit of 'semi-idiotic trans- exit sensationalism' and Farmer Drake is a really lovable character. You never know what Drake will be discovering online next. He seems to like following blogs!!
X. Dell we are all so pleased with the way this episode turned out. The script and acting combined to produce a special and fun episode. Thank you so much for your script and support over the years.
Yes, Jed, you are right the script is definitely in the quirky Middle Ditch tradition. It was great to see the joy and laughter in the rehearsal. Everyone had great satisfaction with this one.
Fizz it was a big shock to me.
MDAM great to see you again Fancy. You have been missed. Love your new blog.
Thank you Pink. great to see you again too. Pleased that you enjoyed the episode.
Wonderful episode as always!!!!
"a modern man living in a post-modern world" --I have often felt the same --and sometimes I don't think I was ever even modern!!!!
all the best in the world to all of you!!!!
Jed, Monique, bless you for the kind words and the tremendous effort you guys put into this. I loved how it turned out.
Can't say I'm surprised Joe knew which missiles were being thrown.
Joe had quite a life in Sarf Londun. No wonder his ex through things at him!!
MIDDLE DITCH 47 - Art And Agony
Video by Ruela
for
David Caddy
Ian Brinton
Keith Walton
Jeremy Drake
Sue Tarrant
X.Dell
and
MONIQUE CADDY
"Neo - Artes"
A brilliant and creative video Ruela.
Thank you!
Yes, thank you Ruela, I love it!
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