Modern technology is terrifying. The average smartphone carries out 3.36 billion instructions per second. The average person can carry out only one instruction in that time. Stop and think about that for a second. Sorry, that's two instructions; you won't be able to do that.

But what if modern technology was... literally terrifying? What if there really was a ghost in the machine? Prepare to travel through the bad gateway as acclaimed actor, writer and comedian Tom Neenan (The Mash Report) finds out what horrors may be lurking in our apps and gadgets. From a dating app with paranormal parameters to a sinister smart fridge, a petrifying Peloton, a nightmarish NFT and a word game that turns n*sty, tech blogger Tom discovers the dark side of our beloved devices - with hair-raising results...

This box set includes every series of the humorously horrifying anthology/sitcom - including Series 4, which has never previously been released on audio. Jenny Bede co-stars as Tom's friend Heidi, and special guests include Frances Barber, Nicola Walker, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Andy Nyman, Martin Jarvis, Lewis MacLeod, Joanna Lumley and Peter Davison. The show comes from Pozzitive, proud producers of Cabin Pressure, John Finnemore's Double Acts, Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones!, Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive and Kevin Eldon Will See You Now.

Production credits
Written by Tom Neenan
Produced and directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4

Cast
Tom - Tom Neenan
Heidi - Jenny Bede
The Cabbie/Reynolds - Roger Morlidge
Jane - Kath Hunter
Voice of the app - Frances Barber
Debbi - Kath Hughes
Asag/Dominic/Dean - Ewan Bailey
William - Vincent Franklin
Amar/The Waiter/'Rency - Naz Osmanoglu
Taxi Controller - Georgie Fuller
Camilla - Nicola Walker
Felixxx - Ivan Gonzalez
The Operators - Nina Sosanya, Alison Senior, Lucy Thackeray, Robert Wilfort
Tony/The Waiter/Dennis - Dan Tetsell
Dr Conroy - Julian Rhind-Tutt
Elicia - Georgie Glen
DI Gerry - Nicholas Woodeson
DC Freck - Ethan Lawrence
Olivia - Freya Parker
Charlie - Andy Nyman
The Advert - Rebecca Gethings
Cam - Martin Jarvis
June - Phoebe Horn
Police Officer - Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
The Deepfakes - Lewis MacLeod
Lance - Joseph May
Ken - Steve Brody
The Archivist - Geoffrey Whitehead
The Barman - Morgan Jones
With Joanna Lumley and Peter Davison as themselves

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 11-18 October 2017 (Series 1), 17-31 October 2018 (Series 2), 14 October-4 November 2020 (Series 3), 5-26 October 2022 (Series 4)

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