Leonie and James' book

[R4]

This book is troubling me. It is supposed to be one of TA's awful 'comedy' moments. The dreadful urbanite pair are trying to chronicle a year in the life of Ambridge. They are townies, haven't got a clue and have no connection with rural affairs. They are blundering about in their quest for copy, offending people, being insensitive with their condescending attitude to (what they see as) a quaint, bygone way of life.

BUT ...

Aren't we, the listeners, mostly Leonies and Jameses, with our regular seven o'clock slot being the equivalent of the book? Are the scriptwriters essentially laughing at their audience?

Oh fab. Metatheatre? How very post modern. :)

Ooooh, get me. Fancy me being described as post modern!

I never heard of metatheatre before but, apparently, I am talking about the "extension of human conscience, of not accepting prescribed societal norms" and should change my name to Don Quixote. Or summat.

And I thought that I was merely listening to a simple, everyday tale of farming folk.