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1. "Don't come crying to me when the robots take over!"

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New comedy set in an Ulster parish somewhere near the Border. The best and only cop in town, Sergeant Rafferty, makes an alarming discovery in the cow shed.

A new sitcom-sketch hybrid made in Belfast and starring voices from all over Ireland. Each week we join the eccentric inhabitants of the parish in their weekly council meeting to air their problems and grievances.

The parish is in the grip of a technological revolution and the council meets to try to understand what exactly it all means and where they can noisily wade in. So what will they do about the gargantuan data centre in the good field? Why do the drone deliveries keep blowing up? How did two council members nearly die? What鈥檚 the update on the upcoming Manifestival? And can the best (and only) cop in town solve the case of the man going round stealing everyone鈥檚 jobs?

Parish Matters is a window into an everlasting argument and an energetic and original comedy show written by Michael McCullagh and Phil Taggart and starring the writers alongside Michael Fry, Ciara Knight, Hannah Mamalis, Mary Flanigan, Michael Stranney and Peter McGann.

Producer: Keith Martin
Executive Producer: Sam Michell

A Fabel Radio production for 麻豆社 Radio 4

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Friday 22:00

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