One (radio series) explained

Show Name:	One
Format:	Comedy
Runtime:	15 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Home Station:	BBC Radio 4
Creator:	David Quantick
Producer:	Jon Naismith
First Aired:	2006
Last Aired:	2010
Num Series:	3
Num Episodes:	18
Audio Format:	Stereophonic sound
Opentheme:	One is the Loneliest Number by Harry Nilsson

One is a radio comedy series created by David Quantick. It was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra.^[1] Each episode lasts 15 minutes and consists of a series of vignettes, each of which features only a single voice.

Subjects

The style and subject matter of the vignettes is varied, but some themes recur.

• Unusual messages recorded on answering machines.
• Readings of notes found in a guest book at a vacation home, featuring bizarre complaints.
• Audio guides to museums that have obscure or bizarre exhibits.
• Parodies of commentaries in the style of well-known personalities, sometimes read by the personalities themselves, such as Jeremy Clarkson reading "Top Dog", or bird expert Bill Oddie describing, in the style of a nature documentary, a typical encounter between Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.
• Recitations of ideas such as personal crises, bad moods, T-shirt slogans etc., in the style of the Shipping Forecast. For example:

"And now with the time approaching 5 pm,

It's time for the mid-life crisis forecast...

Forties; restless: three or four.

Marriage: stale; becoming suffocating.

Sportscar, jeans and t-shirt; westerly, five.

Waitress; blonde; 19 or 20.

Converse all stars; haircut; earring; children;

becoming embarrassed.

Tail between legs; atmosphere frosty;

Spare room: five or six."

Performers

Performers include Graeme Garden, Dan Antopolski, Simon Greenall, Lizzie Roper, and Deborah Norton. Those appearing as themselves include Jeremy Clarkson and Bill Oddie.

Notes and References

1. Web site: One. 25 October 2013.