Mordrin McDonald: 21st-Century Wizard
by David Kay and Gavin Smith
Producer/Director: Gus Beattie
128/44; 127 MB total; sound quality excellent
Step into the magically mundane world that is the life of 2,000-year-old wizard Mordrin McDonald - with enough power to destroy a town in his small finger, yet not enough clout to get his bins emptied on time by the local council. Even for such a skilful sorcerer, modern life is rubbish.
Mordrin's humdrum existence, based in the small Scottish village of Blairochil, is a far cry from the mystical excitement portrayed by the likes of Merlin and Harry Potter.
Series 1 (4 episodes)
Mordrin - David Kay
Geoff - Gordon Kennedy
Heather - Cora Bissett
Bernard The Blue - Jack Doherty
Tracy - Rosemary Hollands
Jill - Sally Reid
Councillor Campbell: Callum Cuthbertson
Flora: Eleanor Thom
Jim The Joiner: Grant O'rourke
01 Quest 20100127
Mordrin is summoned by the wizard council to deal with an out of control Jakonty Dragon which is on a path of destruction and is set to wipe out the tiny town of Aviemore, but who can he recruit to help him?
02 Blairochil Business Awards 20100203
Mordrin's jam making business Fruity Potions is up for a gong at the Blairochil Business awards, but who can he take along for his plus one?
03 Ogre Bin Laden 20100210
In this episode Mordrin takes matters into his own hands to try and solve his erratic bin collections, and decides to magic up a rubbish eating Ogre with disastrous consequences.
04 Market Magic 20100217
Mordrin decides to set up a local farmers' market to help sell his jams.
Councillor Campbell: Callum Cuthbertson
Mordrin McDonald: 21st-Century Wizard
by David Kay and Gavin Smith
Producer/Director: Gus Beattie
Step into the magically mundane world that is the life of 2,000-year-old wizard Mordrin McDonald - with enough power to destroy a town in his small finger, yet not enough clout to get his bins emptied on time by the local council. Even for such a skilful sorcerer, modern life is rubbish.
Mordrin's humdrum existence, based in the small Scottish village of Blairochil, is a far cry from the mystical excitement portrayed by the likes of Merlin and Harry Potter.
Series 2 (6 episodes)
128K
Mordrin - David Kay
Bernard The Blue - Jack Docherty
Geoff - Gordon Kennedy
Heather - Hannah Donaldson
Jill - Katrina Bryan
Tracey - Rosemary Hollands
01 Billirock The Black 20110126
Mordrin is recruited to help re-capture evil sorcerer Billirock the Black who has escaped from his prison under Stirling Castle and is hell-bent on exacting his revenge.
Billirock The Black - Greg Hemphill
02 The Root Of All Evil 20110202
Mordrin recruits ally and former Wizard activist Ben The Brown to settle a garden dispute with his neighbour Jill.
Ben The Brown: Arnold Brown
Jill: Katrina Bryan
Councillor Campbell: Callum Cuthbertson
Ash: Greg McHugh
Sickie-More: Johnny Austin
03 The Dating Wizard 20110209
Mordrin decides to join a Wizard dating website after the being convinced by Bernard the Blue, but fails to read the full terms and conditions.
Molly - Fiona Morrison
Duchess of Bedlam - Susan Calman
04 Birthday Magic 20110216
Mordrin takes on childminding duties for his neighbour Jill, but inadvertently gives Tracey a special Wizard edition of Treasure Island to read with disastrous results.
05 Team Building 20110223
Mordrin is convinced by Councillor Campbell to take part in a team building exercise.
Councillor Campbell - Callum Cuthbertson
Pete The Pict - Brian Pettifer
06 Merlin's Visit 20110302
Mordrin has to prepare for the visit of Merlin to Blairochil, and eyeing an opportunity for a promotion, pulls out all the stops.
Lord Cumnock: Michael McKenzie
Policeman: Jonny Austin
Mordrin McDonald - 21st Century Wizard - Series 3
BBC Radio 4
13 June - 4 July 2012
128K
Episode 1 - The End of the World Is Nigh (13 June 2012)
Step into the magically mundane world that is the life of 21st Century Wizard Mordrin McDonald. An isolated 2000 year-old Scottish sorcerer with enough power in his small finger to destroy a town, yet insufficient clout to get a speed bump installed outside his cave by the local council. Even for such a skilful sorcerer, modern life is rubbish!
In this episode, Mordrin (David Kay) is enlisted by fellow wizard Bernard The Blue (Jack Docherty) to help tackle a fiery meteor which is heading straight to earth and is threatening to wipe out all civilisation. However, Mordrin's attention is swayed from the task in hand by news that Heather has a new boyfriend in the shape of slimy patter merchant Aiden. (Donald Pirie). Will Mordrin be able to be distracted long enough from aiming pot shots at Aiden to save the world from certain doom?
Mordrin is deadpan, dry and makes delicious jams. He initially set up his jam-making business Fruity Potions as a plc for income tax relief, but has found it a useful vehicle to help him bolster his skill set and his range of products and services. (Even a wizard has to diversify these days.) He's been running Fruity Potions from his cave for the past few years, in between completing the odd quest as instructed by the Wizard Council. In the past, his services were to help kings in battles of good and evil, or as he prefers to put it 'assisting with neighbour disputes'. Now it can range from killing the odd Jakonty Dragon to an array of end of the world-type scenarios.
Cast:
Mordrin ...... David Kay
Bernard The Blue ...... Jack Docherty
Geoff ....... Gordon Kennedy
Heather ...... Hannah Donaldson
Aiden ....... Donald Pirie
Written by David Kay & Gavin Smith.
Producer: Gus Beattie
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.
Episode 2 - Election Fever (20 June 2012)
Step into the magically mundane world that is the life of 21st Century Wizard Mordrin McDonald. An isolated 2000 year-old Scottish sorcerer with enough power in his small finger to destroy a town, yet insufficient clout to get a speed bump installed outside his cave by the local council. Even for such a skilful sorcerer, modern life is rubbish!
In this episode, Mordrin (David Kay) finally gets an opportunity to get a seat on the Wizard Council. The Golden Phoenix has flown down the chimney at the Wizard Chambers signifying the start of the election process, which only happens every 150 years, and Mordrin has been called to stand. It's a brilliant chance for Mordrin to finally get some clout in the Wizard community, the only downside is that failure to win at the ballot box will result in certain fiery death under the Golden Phoenix. Mordrin decides to call upon Bernard (Jack Docherty) to be his campaign manager.
Cast:
Mordrin ....... David Kay
Bernard The Blue ....... Jack Docherty
Geoff ...... Gordon Kennedy
Wilma The White ........ Karen Dunbar
Leprechaun Leader ........ Michael Smiley.
Written by David Kay and Gavin Smith
Producer: Gus Beattie
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.
Episode 3 - School Sports Day (27 June 2012)
Step into the magically mundane world that is the life of 21st Century Wizard Mordrin McDonald. An isolated 2000 year-old Scottish sorcerer with enough power in his small finger to destroy a town, yet insufficient clout to get a speed bump installed outside his cave by the local council. Even for such a skilful sorcerer, modern life is rubbish!
In this episode, Mordrin (David Kay) is persuaded by his neighbour Tracey (Rosemary Hollands) to take part in her School Sports Day. Mordrin is struggling with his fitness and any attempts to simply 'magic' himself fit may result in an unwanted call up to the Wizard Olympics which contains events such as the Dragon Hurdles, a Magroth Marathon and, worst of all, a Troll chasing Decathlon.
Cast:
Mordrin ....... David Kay
Geoff ...... Gordon Kennedy
Heather ...... Hannah Donaldson
Jill ....... Katrina Bryan
Councillor Campbell ...... Callum Cuthberstson
Tracey ....... Rosemary Hollands
Written by David Kay & Gavin Smith.
Producer: Gus Beattie
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.
[b]Episode 4 - The Start, the Middle, and the End of Time[/b] (4 July 2012)
Step into the magically mundane world that is the life of 21st Century Wizard Mordrin McDonald. An isolated 2000-year-old Scottish sorcerer with enough power in his small finger to destroy a town, yet hasn't enough clout to get a speed bump installed outside his cave by the local Council. Even for such a skilful sorcerer - modern life is rubbish!
In this episode Mordrin (David Kay) decides he has to do something to rescue his chances of ever getting together with Heather (Hannah Donaldson), who has just announced her engagement to slime-ball Aiden (Donald Pirie). He asks Bernard The Blue (Jack Docherty) to borrow the Timepiece of Trapathia to travel back in time and make up for all the missed opportunities with Heather.
Cast:
Mordrin ........ David Kay
Geoff ....... Gordon Kennedy
Bernard ........ Jack Docherty
Heather ........ Hannah Donaldson
Aiden ........ Donald Pirie
DJ ........ Johnny Austin
Written by David Kay & Gavin Smith.
Producer: Gus Beattie
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.
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Needed to DL Series 2 cause it edited out excess clutter front and back, thanks Rick, however discovered that E6 was actually a repeat of E2 of the same series.
A kind soul named Norman on Usenet took pity on myself and the person named Sad Sack that I got it from originally. He uploaded the real episode 6 for us.
Mordrin McDonald: 21st Century Wizard
Written by David Kay & Gavin Smith
BBC Radio 4 - 2011-03-02
Series 2 Part 6
Step into the magically mundane world that is the life of 21st century
wizard Mordrin McDonald. An isolated 2000-year-old sorcerer with enough
power in his small finger to destroy a town, yet not even enough clout to
get his bins emptied on time by the local council. Even for such a skilful
sorcerer - modern life is rubbish!
Mordrin is deadpan, dry and makes delicious jams. He initially set up as a
plc for income tax relief, but has found it a useful vehicle to help him
bolster his Wizard skill set and his range of services. (Even a wizard has
to diversify). He's been running Fruity Potions from his cave for the past
few years, in between completing the odd quest as instructed by the Wizard
Council. In the past his services were to help kings in battles of good and
evil, or as he prefers to put it, 'assisting with neighbour disputes.'
This week Mordrin has to prepare for the visit of Merlin to Blairochil, and
eyeing an opportunity for a promotion, pulls out all the stops.
Mordrin ................. David Kay
Geoff .............. Gordon Kennedy
Heather .......... Hannah Donaldson
Bernard The Blue .... Jack Docherty
Lord Cumnock ..... Michael McKenzie
Policeman ............ Jonny Austin
Produced and directed by Gus Beattie
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4
Mordrin McDonald: 21st Century Wizard BBC Radio 4 - 2011-03-02Serie...
Nice going guys.
I downloaded it 6 times last night from different sources and every one of them had the screwed up set. Thank god for wonderful people. The real one is from BBC Scotland, ye might know they would have it right with a Mc Donald. ----------------- R
I will let you know if I have any luck with finding the episode. I downloaded it twice from different places and it appears they all have this glitch. I am attempting to get it from my last source but don't get your hopes up.
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Thanks Rick, I really love all the fantasy, wizards, and cute little faeries. Thanks again..................Elaine
Thanks...
Thanks!
Youins welcome! ------------------------------------ R
Sounds fun. Thanks for this.
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