Roy Carruthers

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Born and raised in Liverpool, England, Roy experienced life in a variety of jobs, before he came to acting after graduating from University as a mature student at the age of thirty-eight. Previous theatre credits include: the MI5 agent in ‘By The Waters of Liverpool’ (Empire Theatre, Liverpool), as panto villains Abanazar (Dubai Media City), the Sheriff of Nottingham and King Rat (Gracie Fields Theatre, Rochdale), Tony De Vito in ‘Lennon’s Banjo’ (Epstein Theatre), Victor Franz in Arthur Miller’s ‘The Price’ (Liverpool Unity Theatre), Frank in ‘Ladies Night’, Slater in ‘Funny Money’ and Santa in ‘Night Collar’ (Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool), The Fourth Wall (Old Red Lion, Islington) and Mafioso (Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh).

On TV he appeared in ‘Longford’ (Granada), ‘Good Cop’ (BBC TV) and as Frank in the Feature Film Sparkle (Magic Light Pictures).

Roy supplied over 50 character voices for 10 unabridged audio books of the Redwall series, by best-selling Liverpool author, Brian Jacques and can often be heard on BBC Radio 4; credits include ‘Cobwebs’ and ‘Brief Lives’, ‘The Sad Story of Jim Thorpe’, ‘William Quilliam: The Sheikh of Liverpool’ and ‘The Strange Case of Oliver Cromwell's Head’ plus two appearances on the Radio 4 show Pick of The Week. He also is also a frequent guest performer in the audio fiction podcast "Am I Old Yet?".

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June 20, 2025

Breaded Bliss

Thunder’s Mouth Theatre presents: “Breaded Bliss” Episode 8, the finale to this audio fiction podcast “Baked Off! Live laugh loaves”. In Brisbane, Margot continues to play detective in her efforts to save Arthur’s medical practice. In Liverpool, Angelica enjoys some of Julianna’s baking and finally reveals to just what her new job in Edinburgh involves, and how Julianna is implicated in it. In Edinburgh, Duncan provides the ‘sannies’ (that’s Scots for sandwiches) for a picnic with Malcy and Heat...
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June 17, 2025

Two-Way Stretch and Fold

Episode 7 of “Baked Off! Live, Laugh, loaves” finds Julianna’s family being both helpful and mysterious, Duncan doesn’t know if he’s coming or going, and Margot is determined to sort out Arthur whether he likes it or not. You heard: Tayo Aluko as Ade, Erika Sanderson as Julianna, Wendy Lap as Heather, Christopher McDougall as Duncan, Flloyd Kennedy as Margot and Edie, Wendy Lap as Rosemary, Roy R Carruthers as Freddie, Andrea Richardson as Caroline, Rob Pensalfini as Arthur and introducing Pi...
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June 5, 2025

Loaf in the Time of Crisis

Episode 6 of the limited series: “Baked Off! Live, Laugh Loaves” in which we follow the lives of two aspiring bakers of sourdough bread and their online professional chef tutor, each based in a different country. In this episode, Julianna (in Liverpool, England) is in the middle of a health and starter-related crisis, Duncan (in Edinburgh Scotland) offers some support, while Margot (in Brisbane, Australia) manoeuvres her way round the progress of all the online class participants. You heard (...
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May 30, 2025

Fantastic Yeasts and Where to Find Them

We catch up with Duncan in Edinburgh, off to enjoy a brisk walk at the seaside with his pal from Uni days, while over in Brisbane, Margot tries to convince her Doctor and old friend Arthur that something fishy is going on in his practice. In Liverpool, Julianna seems to be gaining in confidence where her bread making is concerned, and Caroline is apparently delighted with everyone’s progress. Cast: Christopher McDougall as Duncan, Andrew Durning as Malcy, Wendy Lap as Heather, and Rosemary...
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May 22, 2025

A Fistful of Flour

Thunder’s Mouth Theatre presents: “A Fistful of Flour”. Episode 4 of “Baked Off! Live, Laugh Loaves” a dip and dive into the lives of a bunch of would-be sourdough bread bakers, and of course, their course instructor over there in Brisbane. This episode finds Margot heading over to the doctor’s surgery for a checkup, where she discovers some dodgy shenanigans going on, while Duncan, Freddie and Julianna seem to be having more success with their loaves. Rosemary, however, has more to contend with...
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May 15, 2025

Baking Bad

All of our apprentice bakers have posted images online of their first attempts at baking sourdough bread, and somewhere in Brisbane’s West End, chef Margot is enjoying the results. Julianna and Duncan take advantage of Skype to support each other between classes, and Margot is back on form as she takes the students through the process again, helping them to improve as the dough proves. Pun intended. Cast: Flloyd Kennedy - Margot, Edie; Christopher McDougall - Duncan - Erika Sanderson - Jul...
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May 8, 2025

A Starter is Born

Episode Two and we are off on a deep dive into the lives of some of the characters. This week, the spotlight is on Duncan in Edinburgh, reconnecting with an old friend from his University days, while in Brisbane Dr Brownlow attempts to keep his old friend Margot on the straight and narrow. On the Zoom class, Caroline finds herself having the run the class herself this week - with mixed results... The theme music for the series and for the Zoom class, is composed and performed by John T La Barbera, who also arranged and performed the themes for Scotland, England and Australia, which are based on the traditional folk tunes “Comin’ Thru the Rye”, “An English Country Garden” and “Waltzing Matilda - the Queensland version”. Cast: in order that they are heard Christopher McDougall as Duncan Rob Pensalfini as Dr Arthur Brownlow Erika Sanderson as Julianna Frankii Phoenix as Sammy Andrew Durning as Malcy (Malcolm) Roy Carruthers as the Checkout Person Wendy Lap as Heather Andrea Richardson as…
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May 1, 2025

Loaves Actually

Welcome to Baked Off! a brand new audio comedy from Thunder's Mouth Theatre and the team who bring you Am I Old Yet? . In this first episode you are introduced Duncan, a young Scots IT consultant in Scotland, Julianna, a middle-aged wife, mother and ex-dancer in England, and Margot, the retired chef in Australia, as well as some of their friends and family members. In future episodes we'll follow their progress as they try to learn how to make sourdough bread, while dealing with all the challeng...