Christian Brighty, Jessica Knappett, and Colin McFarlane Star In The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty
4 x 30 Minute Episodes Starting 11PM, 24TH AUGUST 2024 on BBC Radio 4
London: 14th August 2024: The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty is the brand new live audience sitcom from comedians, writers and TikTok sensation Christian Brighty and Amy Greaves.
Inverting the familiar worlds of BBC Period Dramas, Jane Austen, Poldark and Bridgerton, The Many Wrongs Of Lord Christian Brighty follows a hedonistic Regency-era aristocrat (Christian Brighty) who has an epiphany and decides he must right all his many past wrongs, accompanied by his radical chambermaid Babs (Jessica Knappett) and very reluctant butler Churlington (Colin McFarlane).
Lord Christian Brighty is the talk of the Regency Ton - a celebrated libertine, a heartthrob and a hero to many. But close-up, he is a spoiled, impetuous, life-ruining bastard… Or at least he was. Having had his carefree life of infinite privilege upended when his new chambermaid, the uneducated but forthright Babigail (Babs for short), tells him the unvarnished truth about his selfish behaviour. Overnight, his lifelong trust that everyone loved him, is replaced with the gnawing fear that Babs might be right. With his narcissism collapsing and a need to prove that he is actually a good person, Lord Brighty is determined to fix all his past wrongs and, by extension, all the ills of Regency Society. Accompanying him in his quest are Babs (elevated beyond her station to a chambermaid-cum-adviser) and his butler Churlington (who, like the rest of high society, would really prefer everything to stay exactly as it used to be).
The series takes the trope of the charming and untameable rake, turns him up to 11, and then forces him to confront just how morally bankrupt his existence is. It’s a show about entitlement, romance, and trying to become a better person when you’re desperately ill-equipped to do so.
Christian Brighty, Jessica Knappett, and Colin McFarlane are joined by a fantastic ensemble cast of Chiara Goldsmith, Katia Kvinge, Joz Norris, Nimesha Odedra and David Reed – who also worked as Script Editor for the series.
Written by Christian Bright and Amy Greaves
Produced by Ben Walker for DLT Entertainment
Executive Producers: Donald Taffner Jr and Darren Smith
Commissioning Editor for Radio 4: Julia McKenzie
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NOTES TO EDITORS
About Christian Brighty and Amy Greaves:
Christian Brighty and Amy Greaves are award-winning comedians, actors and writers. Their viral sketches based on Bridgerton, Poldark and Jane Austen (@brightybuoy) have catapulted them to viral stardom, amassing 580,000+ followers and over 100 million views across TikTok and Instagram. Their videos have been featured on Buzzfeed, BBC Online, and MSNBC, securing Christian’s place as the internet’s answer to Mr Darcy and earning them a nomination for a Writer’s Guild Award in 2022. Their Regency-era character comedy show PLAYBOY was one of the best-reviewed shows of the Edinburgh Fringe 2022, sold out runs at the Pleasance Courtyard and Soho Theatre and was nominated for both the Amused Moose Best Show and Leicester Comedy Festival Best New Show awards.
Amy and Christian both have a deep love of the work Jane Austen, traditional regency romance (not smut), and historical romance set in the regency (smut).
About Jessica Knappett:
Jessica Knappett is a talented comedy actress and writer, she can now be seen as the lead role of ‘Claire’ opposite Romesh Ranganathan in the hit BBC show AVOIDANCE. Her notable performing credits include GHOSTS (BBC), HITMEN (Sky), DODGER (BBC) & her comedy series DRIFTERS (Channel 4)
About Colin McFarlane:
Colin is an award-winning actor, voiceover artist, director & theatre producer. He was a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company, where LAVENDER SONG with Bill Nighy won a Sony award and has appeared in numerous radio productions and readings for the BBC. He's also known as the VOICE OF THE CUBE (ITV Game Show) Colin's feature film work includes BATMAN BEGINS and THE DARK KNIGHT with Christian Bale, Gary Oldman and Heath Ledger, and THE COMMUTER with Liam Neeson. Series TV roles include Starz's OUTLANDER as Ulysses, REGGIE PERRIN, THE FAST SHOW and DODGER. More recent guest leads include DR WHO, TORCHWOOD, PLEBS, INDUSTRY, NOT GOING OUT, THE LARKINS, I HATE YOU, QUEENS OF MYSTERY and TOAST OF TINSELTOWN. Colin can currently be seen in the new ITV comedy PIGLETS.
About David Reed:
David is an award-winning actor, writer & comedian. As a writer he's written over twelve hours of THE PENNY DREADFULS radio shows and an animated series called THE REAL HISTORY OF SEX. His playwriting debut, GUY FAWKES, opened at York Theatre Royal in 2022. He's also a regular improviser with the Regency-themed AUSTENTATIOUS.
About Ben Walker :
Producer Ben Walker brings a wealth of experience in comedy and comedy entertainment production and development across radio, podcasts and TV. His audio credits include 2024 Woman’s Hour parody TIME OF THE WEEK, Sony Radio award-winning sketch series HERE BE DRAGONS, anthological comedy series THE CASEBOOK OF MAX AND IVAN and comedy entertainment series DANNY ROBINS MUSIC THERAPY for Radio 4, and a range of projects for Audible and Bertelsmann Content Alliance’s podcast label Storyglass – where credits include THE HARROWING (for which he won the Gold Award for Best Drama Producer at the Audio UK Audio Production Awards), MAX & IVAN: FUGITIVES AND WHO EXPLODED VIVIEN STONE. Further production and development credits include award-winning independent comedy podcasts RHLSTP with Richard Herring, raucous panel show DO THE RIGHT THING, interview series THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE with Isy Suttie and anarchic gameshow PAPPY'S FLATSHARE SLAMDOWN.
About DLT Entertainment:
Headquartered in London and New York, DLT Entertainment Ltd. is engaged in every aspect of video distribution and production around the world.
Founded in 1963 as a distribution company by Don Taffner Sr., the company added television production to its portfolio in 1977. It has enjoyed terrific success in its sixty-one-year history with legendary hits on both sides of the Atlantic including the multiple award-winning and BBC Trust praised sitcom My Family, As Time Goes By, Three's Company, Too Close For Comfort and Meet My Folks. In addition, DLT has built a reputation as a leading distribution company with classics such as The Benny Hill Show, The World At War, Chicken Soup For The Sole, Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood, The Russ Abbot Show, Michel Legrand and Friends, and Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit.
Production activities expanded through an investment in Mark Watson’s Impatient Productions and the acquisition of Vera Productions whose productions include Getting On, Bremner, Bird, and Fortune, and numerous Dispatches.
In 1986 DLT expanded into stage production in the US and in the UK, where it owns and manages London’s Shaftesbury Theatre, the London home of Mrs. Doubtfire, The Musical.
Later, DLT added talent representation to its portfolio with ownership positions in MMB Creative, The Soho Agency, Blue Book Artist Management, The Galton Agency, Bedford Square Voices and Gag Reflex.
2020 saw the creation of an audio division with the release of Very Modern Quests starring Alice Levine for Audible and recently produced Time of the Week for BBC Radio 4/BBC Sounds, created by award-winning comedians Lorna Rose Treen and Jonathan Oldfield and starring BAFTA award-winner Sian Clifford.
DLT has expanded its commitment to comedy by sponsoring this year’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer and Best Comedy Show awards.