Concrete Cow

This article is about a radio show; for the sculptures located in Milton Keynes, see Concrete Cows.

Concrete Cow was a BBC Radio 4 audience sketch show created by James Cary. Two series were broadcast in 2002 and 2003. It was mainly written by Cary with Adam Bromley, the producer. It also contained material from Robin Ince, Stuart Barker and Jon Holmes. Sally Hawkins and Catherine Shepherd also contributed to the scripts. It was an ideas driven piece, with few returning characters. Some examples of material include two aggressive teenagers entering a burned-out wardrobe in Peckham to menace Mr Tumnus, an evil genius demanding a bespoke font for his countdown clock and a medieval finance company offering to consolidate all your tithes into one seasonal pig.

Series one starred Robert Webb, Sally Hawkins, Olivia Colman, Steve Kynman and Chris Pavlo. The scripts were edited by Steve Punt.

Series two Robert Webb, Catherine Shepherd, Steve Kynman, Chris Pavlo and Beth Chalmers. The scripts were edited by James Cary.

Episode lists

Series 1

EpisodeFirst broadcast
17 August 2002
214 August 2002
321 August 2002
428 August 2002
54 September 2002
611 September 2002

Series 1 is available on CD from BBC Audiobooks and as a download from Audible.

Series 2

EpisodeTitleFirst broadcast
1Ancient and Modern30 December 2003
2Biodiversity6 January 2004
3Marriage13 January 2004
4Spies20 January 2004
5Art27 January 2004
6War3 February 2004