This article is about a radio show; for the sculptures located in Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...

, see Concrete Cows

Concrete Cows

The Concrete Cows in Milton Keynes, England are an iconic work of sculpture, created in 1978 by Canadian-born artist, Liz Leyh. There are three cows and three calves, approximately half life size....

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Concrete Cow was a BBC 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...

 audience sketch show created by James Cary

James Cary (writer)

James Cary is a British television and radio writer.James is the creator and writer of Radio 4's Sony Radio Academy Awards Silver Award-winning comedy series, Think the Unthinkable and lead writer on the sketch show, Concrete Cow...

. Two series were broadcast in 2002 and 2003. It was mainly written by Cary with Adam Bromley

Adam Bromley

Adam Bromley is a freelance producer and director working in TV and radio.Specialising in comedy, Bromley has won two Sony Awards for radio. He won Silver Sony Award in 2002 for Think the Unthinkable, a management consultant sitcom written by James Cary. In 2004, he won a Bronze Sony Award for The...

, the producer. It also contained material from Robin Ince, Stuart Barker and Jon Holmes. Sally Hawkins

Sally Hawkins

Sally Cecilia Hawkins is an English actress. Her performance as Poppy in the 2008 film Happy-Go-Lucky won her several international awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy...

 and Catherine Shepherd

Catherine Shepherd

Catherine Margaret Shepherd is an English actress and writer, with a career spanning radio, theatre, film and television.She was educated in South London at the James Allen's Girls' School...

 also contributed to the scripts. It was an ideas driven piece, with few returning characters. Some examples of material include two aggressive teenagers entering a burned-out wardrobe in Peckham to menace Mr Tumnus

Mr Tumnus

Tumnus is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis' series The Chronicles of Narnia. He is featured prominently in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and also appears in The Horse and His Boy and The Last Battle. He is close friends with Lucy Pevensie and is the first person she meets in Narnia, as...

, an evil genius demanding a bespoke font for his countdown clock and a medieval finance company offering to consolidate all your tithes into one seasonal pig.

Series one starred Robert Webb

Robert Webb (actor)

Robert Webb is an English actor, comedian and writer, and one half of the double act Mitchell and Webb, alongside David Mitchell.-Early life:...

, Sally Hawkins

Sally Hawkins

Sally Cecilia Hawkins is an English actress. Her performance as Poppy in the 2008 film Happy-Go-Lucky won her several international awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy...

, Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman is an English actress, best known for her supporting roles in various comedy shows, such as Sophie Chapman in Peep Show and Harriet Schulenburg in Green Wing. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and has appeared in radio, television and theatre.-Personal life:Colman...

, Steven Kynman and Chris Pavlo. The scripts were edited by Steve Punt

Steve Punt

Stephen Punt is a British writer, comedian and actor, best known for his long-time comedy partnership with Hugh Dennis. Punt lives in Wimbledon with his girlfriend and two children.-Life and career:...

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Series two Robert Webb

Robert Webb (actor)

Robert Webb is an English actor, comedian and writer, and one half of the double act Mitchell and Webb, alongside David Mitchell.-Early life:...

, Catherine Shepherd

Catherine Shepherd

Catherine Margaret Shepherd is an English actress and writer, with a career spanning radio, theatre, film and television.She was educated in South London at the James Allen's Girls' School...

, Steven Kynman, Chris Pavlo and Beth Chalmers. The scripts were edited by James Cary

Series 1

Episode	First broadcast
1	7 August 2002
2	14 August 2002
3	21 August 2002
4	28 August 2002
5	4 September 2002
6	11 September 2002

Series 1 is available on CD from BBC Audiobooks and as a download from Audible.

Series 2

Episode	Title	First broadcast
1	Ancient and Modern	30 December 2003
2	Biodiversity	6 January 2004
3	Marriage	13 January 2004
4	Spies	20 January 2004
5	Art	27 January 2004
6	War	3 February 2004