004 Historical Comedy – Old
Sean Pertwee doesn’t appear in many radio dramas, but when
he does, he’s perfectly cast. Burning Both Ends: When Oliver Reed Met Keith Moon is a wry
and self-aware comedy that examines the friendship between film star Oliver
Reed (Pertwee) and The Who’s drummer Keith Moon (Arthur Darvill). Performances are fantastic. Reed is isolated as the premiere British star
of his age; never trained as an actor and veering between confident bluster and
insecurity, he deplores the falseness of Hollywood. Keith Moon, meanwhile, is simply mental,
going through life as one chaotic game after another. Together, they spell destruction and
devil-may-care for the rest of the world, but for each other, it’s the ultimate
bromance (if you have to employ such a wretched term.) Tonally, it would have been hard to match
this in another medium, as both characters have to frequently remind us they’re
not reliable narrators. Originally from
2011, it also starred Matthew Gravelle, Richard Nichols, Bethan Walker, and
Claire Cage.
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