Three for the Road – a comedy drama

Jerry and Ralph go on a road trip to scatter their old friend’s ashes where they used to hang out as teenagers but they don’t reckon on their friend’s wife…

“Three for the Road appeals to listeners of radio mystery drama and quirky humour with a twist in the tail”

How did Three for the Road come about?

Jonathan Hirons originally wrote it as a film script but the pandemic got in the way. He showed it to a few people and someone suggested it would make an ideal radio play. Eventually, it became a podcast in 3 episodes. As movement about the country was restricted, he enlisted Rob Edwards, who he has known for many years, to join the cast and they set about recording it remotely. The rest, as they say, is history.

Why listen?

It is a story about loss – the friends you had and the times you had it your youth – but wrapped up in humour, intrigue and some laugh out loud moments.

How to listen

Three for the Road has just been launched and all three episodes are now online on the Three for the Road website (threefortheroad.buffalolounge.co.uk) and can also be found on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. There is also a RSS feed – https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1824982.rss

For enquiries and further information:

Jonathan Hirons: jhirons@buffalolounge.co.uk

Website

Contributors

Co-host

Jonathan Hirons

Jonathan Hirons (Jerry)

Jonathan is film-maker, writer and musician and wrote Three for the Road.

In 2014, he produced the short fiction film Cast Adrift. He mainly produces factual films, most recently for the EU’s Erasmus and Leonardo projects on subjects as wide-ranging as radicalization and entrepreneurship in the creative industries. He is just won an award from the Tavistock Trust to write and produce a documentary about Aphasia.

He has also worked in community radio as a presenter and producer. He also wrote and produced several annual radio pantomimes. In his music world, he plays guitar and [sometimes] sings. He has been in several bands – most notably with Urban Blues and Blazin’ Blue

He is also behind the long-running blog – Vernon Grope:Diary of a Rock Star

Co-host

Rob Edwards

Rob Edwards (Ralph)
Rob has worked across all the media: theatre, TV, film and radio, and played everything from Ray Cooney farce to Shakespeare, from a scientist being strangled by a robot in Dr Who, to Hamlet , to being the original Scar in the West End production of the Lion King for which he received an Olivier nomination. He won a coveted Royal Television Society award for best actor in the BBC’s drama “Men who sleep in cars”.

Guests

Guest

Virginia Denham

Virginia Denham (Barbara)

As a long-established actor, Virginia has extensive experience on stage, television, film and radio. Stints in Coronation Street, East Enders, The Bill and comedy sketch shows, as well as serious dramas have accompanied her critically acclaimed work in the theatre.

Performing in the West End, regional theatre and with the National and the RSC, she has also played lead roles in major productions abroad, including My Fair Lady and The Cherry Orchard, which then transferred to the UK.

Recently she has been concentrating on more voice oriented work, primarily Podcasts.

She is delighted to have the opportunity to work with her friend from RSC days, Rob Edwards.

Guest

Zubin Varla

Zubin Varla (Nigel)

Zubin has worked across theatre, film and TV, with roles in Deep State, Strike Back, Our Girl.
He has worked in the West End, for the National and the RSC where he first met his good friend Rob.