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Rudy's Rare Records

Comedy set in a reggae and ska record shop
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BBCR4Rudy's Rare Records is a tiny, down-at-heel reggae and ska record shop in Birmingham. It is one of a dying breed, a place with real soul and stacked with piles of vinyl where the slogan is "If we don't have it - them don't mek it."The shop is owned by the charismatic, irrepressible Rudy Sharpe (Larrington Walker), who is reluctantly helped out by his long-suffering, neurotic-divorcee son Adam (Lenny Henry).Adam has moved home to help look after Rudy and run the shop following a heart attack scare. Having left behind his life in London, he finds himself trapped in the confines of his father's dusty old record shop, sharing the miniscule flat upstairs with his dad and his 17-year-old son Richie, who is a constant source of worry for Adam.While Rudy and Richie get on well, bonding over a shared love of music and ladies, Adam is the odd one out - a classical music fan trapped in a world of funk, reggae and soul. With Rudy's approach to filing - "If it ain't on the shelf, it's on the floor" - clashing with Adam's post-breakdown need for calm and order, the shop is a constant battleground as both men want to run things the way they think it should be done, leaving Richie and work-shy shop assistant Tasha to keep the peace.A tale of three people forced into finding a way to survive each other's company on a day-to-day basis, Rudy's Rare Records celebrates an old man, one in the midst of a mid-life crisis and a young man, bickering, snickering, breaking up and making up - all day, every day.Genre    SitcomBroadcast    2008 - 2012Channel    BBC Radio 4Episodes    20   (4 series)Creator    Lenny HenryStarring    Lenny Henry, Larrington Walker, Joe Jacobs, Natasha Godfrey, Tracy Ann Oberman, Jeffery Kissoon, Claire Benedict, Andrew Brooke and othersWriters    Danny Robins and Dan TetsellProducers    Lucy Armitage and Katie Tyrrell

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