Aussie Sci-Fi Comedy Podcast NIGHT TERRACE Will Air On BBC Radio

Night Terrace ia half-hour narrative comedy series starring Neighbours' Jackie Woodburne (Susan Kennedy) as Anastasia Black, a government scientist who used to save the world, but now wants a quiet retirement. She's understandably miffed when her house unexpectedly starts travelling through space and time. From the ancient past to the distant future, from pre-historic Melbourne to the edges of human understanding, Anastasia fights monsters and solves mysteries, all while trying to find a way home.

Originally crowdfunded for digital download, Night Terrace now comes to BBC Radio, premiering Sundays on Radio 4 Extra at 6 PM UK time (repeated at midnight). Each episode will be available internationally in the BBC iPlayer (aka BBC Sounds) for two weeks afterwards. After a break, series two will follow in the same timeslot from August 25.

Winner of the Convenors' Award for Excellence at the 20th annual Aurealis Awards in Canberra.

In January 2013 two local nerds recorded a Doctor Who podcast in a Northcote cafe. This turned into the iTunes-topping Splendid Chaps, described by The Age as "part intellectual panel discussion and part nerdy Tonight Show". The Sydney Morning Herald applauded the ability to "combine analysis, enthusiasm and irreverence" while Time Out declared it "a smash hit".

The success of Splendid Chaps gave birth to the award-winning audio comedy series Night Terrace.

Jackie Woodburne, famous for playing Susan Kennedy in over 5000 episodes of Neighbours, was approached to play the lead.

Joining Jackie on her interstellar trek are actor/comedian Ben McKenzie (Ben McKenzie Is Uncool, Planet Nerd) and actor/singer Petra Elliott (Petrasexual, Museum Comedy Tour, Sonnigsburg).

The guest cast includes Alan Brough (Spicks & Specks), Cal Wilson (QI, Dancing With The Stars),Toby Truslove (Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries, Utopia), Celia Pacquola (Rosehaven), Adam Richard (Outland, Spicks & Specks), Colette Mann (Neighbours, Prisoner), Francis Greenslade, Stephen Hall, Emily Taheny and Ming Zhu-Hii (all Mad As Hell), Cate Wolfe (Dr Blake), Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen (The Chaser), Gary Russell (Big Finish, The Famous Five, Octopussy), Dave Callan (Rove, JJJ), Jane Badler (V, Mission: Impossible), Lawrence Leung (Unbelievable, Maximum Choppage), Virginia Gay (Winners and Losers, All Saints), Steven Gates (Tripod) and the late, much-missed John Clark, among others.

It even features cameos from Louise Jameson (Doctor Who's Leela) and Nicholas Briggs (voice of the Daleks).

Night Terrace was lovingly hand-crafted by John Richards (Head Writer, Producer), Ben McKenzie ('Eddie', Writer, Producer), Lee Zachariah (Writer), David Ashton (Writer, Sound) and Petra Elliott ('Sue', Co-creator).

The Night Terrace writing team have worked on 3RRR radio sketch show The Third Ear, ABC2 comedy The Bazura Project, ABC1 sit-com Outland, long-running television podcast Boxcutters, sketches for programs including Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell, The Hamster Wheel, The Hamster Decides and The Checkout, and more than a dozen Melbourne International Comedy Festival shows.

David Ashton, the show's audio engineer, has recorded big names including The Church, Regurgitator and Michael Franti, and worked for SBS and ABC radio.

Episode one of the first season, Moving House, has been released for free so a new audience can get a taste of what the series is all about. It's available to stream online via YouTube and

Soundcloud, and to download directly as a DRM-free MP3. Links to all formats are available on the Night Terrace website - www.nightterrace.com

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