Modern technology is terrifying. The average smartphone carries out 3.36 billion instructions per second. The average person can carry out only one instruction in that time. Stop and think about that for a second. Sorry, that's two instructions; you won't be able to do that.

But what if modern technology was... literally terrifying? What if there really was a ghost in the machine? Prepare to travel through the bad gateway as acclaimed actor, writer and comedian Tom Neenan (The Mash Report) finds out what horrors may be lurking in our apps and gadgets. From a dating app with paranormal parameters to a sinister smart fridge, a petrifying Peloton, a nightmarish NFT and a word game that turns n*sty, tech blogger Tom discovers the dark side of our beloved devices - with hair-raising results...

This box set includes every series of the humorously horrifying anthology/sitcom - including Series 4, which has never previously been released on audio. Jenny Bede co-stars as Tom's friend Heidi, and special guests include Frances Barber, Nicola Walker, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Andy Nyman, Martin Jarvis, Lewis MacLeod, Joanna Lumley and Peter Davison. The show comes from Pozzitive, proud producers of Cabin Pressure, John Finnemore's Double Acts, Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones!, Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive and Kevin Eldon Will See You Now.

Production credits

Written by Tom Neenan

Produced and directed by David Tyler

A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4

Cast

Tom - Tom Neenan

Heidi - Jenny Bede

The Cabbie/Reynolds - Roger Morlidge

Jane - Kath Hunter

Voice of the app - Frances Barber

Debbi - Kath Hughes

Asag/Dominic/Dean - Ewan Bailey

William - Vincent Franklin

Amar/The Waiter/'Rency - Naz Osmanoglu

Taxi Controller - Georgie Fuller

Camilla - Nicola Walker

Felixxx - Ivan Gonzalez

The Operators - Nina Sosanya, Alison Senior, Lucy Thackeray, Robert Wilfort

Tony/The Waiter/Dennis - Dan Tetsell

Dr Conroy - Julian Rhind-Tutt

Elicia - Georgie Glen

DI Gerry - Nicholas Woodeson

DC Freck - Ethan Lawrence

Olivia - Freya Parker

Charlie - Andy Nyman

The Advert - Rebecca Gethings

Cam - Martin Jarvis

June - Phoebe Horn

Police Officer - Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong

The Deepfakes - Lewis MacLeod

Lance - Joseph May

Ken - Steve Brody

The Archivist - Geoffrey Whitehead

The Barman - Morgan Jones

With Joanna Lumley and Peter Davison as themselves

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 11-18 October 2017 (Series 1), 17-31 October 2018 (Series 2), 14 October-4 November 2020 (Series 3), 5-26 October 2022 (Series 4)