 Based on an original radio series on BBC Radio 4, broadcast in 1998  (four 15 minute episodes) and 1999 (four 30 minute episodes). On the  radio, the part of Dodgy Phil was played by John Thomson (I) (qv),  and for the second series, Alistair McGowan (qv) took over the  role of Garry from Peter Serafinowicz (qv).