Another Case of Milton Jones
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Another Case of Milton Jones is the third distinct comedy programme starring Milton Jones
Milton Jones
Milton Jones is an English comedian. His style of humour is based on one-liners involving puns delivered in a deadpan and slightly neurotic style. Jones has had various shows on BBC Radio 4 and is a recurring guest panellist on Mock the Week...

 to be broadcast by BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...

 (the others being The Very World of Milton Jones
The Very World of Milton Jones
The Very World of Milton Jones was a comedy show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1998 and 2001 starring English comedian Milton Jones. It ran for three series....

 and The House of Milton Jones
The House of Milton Jones
The House of Milton Jones is a radio comedy series which first aired in 2003 on BBC Radio 4. It starred Tom Goodman-Hill, Milton Jones, Olivia Colman, Nigel Lindsay and Rosemary Leach. Re-runs are broadcast on BBC Radio 7.- Episodes :...

). The programme is in its fifth series, which started on Radio 4 on Thursday 21 July 2011. The four previous series were broadcast in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010. Milton announced the recordings for Series 5 on his Twitter
Twitter
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 feed, and the first of these episodes was broadcast on Thursday 21 July 2011.

Premise

Each week Milton plays a part of an expert in a given field, with no ability at all in the subject. Assisting him are his good friend Anton (Tom Goodman-Hill
Tom Goodman-Hill
Tom Goodman-Hill is an English actor of radio, film, stage and television.Born as Tom Hill and raised near Newcastle upon Tyne, he qualified as a teacher before turning to acting. During his time in Newcastle, he regularly acted in amateur performances at the People's Theatre...

) whom Milton knew from an early age (the scenarios differ from show to show), and, for the first series, Milton's sister Susan (Debbie Chazen
Debbie Chazen
Debbie Chazen is an English actress. She is most famous for playing the roles of Annie in the BBC comedy The Smoking Room, Big Claire in Mine All Mine and various roles in the BBC sketch show Tittybangbang....

). These two characters were first introduced in The House of Milton Jones but show no continuity from this series. Typically two further actors would provide voices for the other major characters in the show with all the actors playing various minor characters, normally putting on different accents.

Episode list

Original Air Date Milton's Role Guest Stars
Series One
15 September 2005 World-famous visionary architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

Steven Kynman and Lucy Montgomery
Lucy Montgomery (actor)
Lucy Montgomery is an English comedian, actress and writer, best known for her radio and television work.Montgomery is married to fellow comedian Rhys Thomas; they have two daughters – Polly and Rosie Rae – and live in London.-Career:While at Cambridge University, Montgomery was a member of...

22 September 2005 Musical genius Steven Kynman and Lucy Montgomery
29 September 2005 Biogeneticist Dave Lamb
Dave Lamb
Dave Lamb is a British actor and voice-over artist best known for his work on Come Dine with Me as well as appearances in British television and radio programmes, especially comedy programmes. He also currently presents the CBBC game show Horrible Histories: Gory Games.- Early work :Lamb's first...

 and Lucy Montgomery
5 October 2005 Chess Grandmaster Lucy Montgomery
13 October 2005 Chef
Chef
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Steven Kynman and Lucy Montgomery
20 October 2005 Racing Driver
Auto racing
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Dave Lamb and Lucy Montgomery
Series Two
1 May 2007 Famous barrister
Barrister
A barrister is a member of one of the two classes of lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions with split legal professions. Barristers specialise in courtroom advocacy, drafting legal pleadings and giving expert legal opinions...

 who gets involved when the Bayeux Tapestry
Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth—not an actual tapestry—nearly long, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings...

 goes missing
Dave Lamb and Lucy Montgomery
8 May 2007 Explorer, trying to find the source of the longest Zip
Zipper
A zipper is a commonly used device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric...

 in the world
Dave Lamb and Lucy Montgomery
22 May 2007 World-famous jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...

 who starts with donkeys on Blackpool
Blackpool
Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...

 beach and finishes competing in a major race in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

Dave Lamb and Lucy Montgomery
29 May 2007 Elected Mayor Of London
Mayor of London
The Mayor of London is an elected politician who, along with the London Assembly of 25 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Greater London. Conservative Boris Johnson has held the position since 4 May 2008...

, Milton brings the 2008 Beijing Olympics to London
Dave Lamb and Lucy Montgomery
Series Three
17 November 2008 Photographer Dan Tetsell
Dan Tetsell
Dan Tetsell is a comedian and writer for radio, television and stage. He has worked on a number of projects, including The Museum of Everything, That Was Then, This Is Now and Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections....

 and Ingrid Oliver
Ingrid Oliver
Ingrid Oliver is a British actress and comedian, and one half of comedic double act Watson and Oliver.-Career:In September 2005, Ingrid Oliver and Lorna Watson performed their first show together at The Canal Cafe Theatre in London...

24 November 2008 Collector / antiques
Antiques
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 expert
Ben Willbond
Ben Willbond
Ben Willbond is an English comedian and actor with credits on television, radio and film, including from 2005-2007 Deep Trouble on BBC Radio 4 with actor and writer Jim Field Smith. He was formerly part of the comedy duo "Ben & Arn", who won "Best Newcomer" at the Perrier Award in 1999...

 and Ingrid Oliver
1 December 2008 Magician
Magic (illusion)
Magic is a performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks or creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats using natural means...

 / escapologist
Escapology
For the Jessica Mauboy song, see Inescapable.Escapology is the practice of escaping from restraints or other traps. Escapologists escape from handcuffs, straitjackets, cages, coffins, steel boxes, barrels, bags, burning buildings, fish-tanks and other perils, often in combination.-History:The art...

Dan Tetsell and Ingrid Oliver
8 December 2008 Health guru Ben Willbond and Ingrid Oliver
Series Four
4 March 2010 Test pilot
Test pilot
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Dave Lamb and Ingrid Oliver
11 March 2010 A Mathematician
Mathematician
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, he goes up against the most famous of Game inventors
Ben Willbond and Lucy Montgomery
18 March 2010 World-famous travel entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
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Dan Tetsell and Lucy Montgomery
25 March 2010 World-class cyclist
Cycling
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Ben Willbond and Lucy Montgomery
1 April 2010 Miner
Mining
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Dan Tetsell and Ingrid Oliver
8 April 2010 Weatherman
Weather forecasting
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...

Dan Tetsell and Lucy Montgomery
Series Five
21 July 2011 Astronomer
Astronomer
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Ben Willbond and Lucy Montgomery
28 July 2011 International Diplomat
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...

Dan Tetsell and Lucy Montgomery
4 August 2011 Gardening Expert Dave Lamb and Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Margaret Cabourn-Smith is a British comedy actress. She is known for her roles in shows such as the IT Crowd, Miranda, Bigipedia, Katy Brand's Big Ass Show, Peep Show, Lab Rats and The Maltby Collection.-External links:...

11 August 2011 Royal Speech Therapist Dave Lamb and Lucy Montgomery
18 August 2011 Lorry Driver Dave Lamb and Lucy Montgomery
25 August 2011 Undercover Journalist
Journalist
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Dave Lamb and Margaret Cabourn-Smith
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