Overview
The epic Victorian comedy is back with more of the remarkable adventures of Pip Bin as he battles his evil ex-guardian Mr Gently Benevolent (Anthony Head) in six more chapters of tragedies and triumphs in the style of Charles Dickens after too much gin. Richard Johnson, Anthony Head, and Geoffrey Whitehead lead a magnificent cast including Tom Allen, James Bachman, Sarah Hadland, Susie Kane and Mark Evans – and guest starring Raquel Cassidy as Miss Sweetly Delightful, the nicest woman in the world, and Jane Asher as Mr Gently Benevolent’s evil mother. Series Three begins several years after the death, for the second time, of Mr Gently Benevolent. All seems well as Pip Bin enjoys fame and wealth for his hugely popular invention, the bin, until... `Bleak Expectations’ is written by Mark Evans and produced by Gareth Edwards, whose other collaborations include 'That Mitchell and Webb Sound' and 'That Mitchell and Webb Look'. Contains all six episodes from the third BBC Radio 4 series.Televised as 'The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff' on the BBC. 'A freshly minted comedy classic... balls-to-the-wall silliness with flourishes of surrealism' - Guardian Guide. 3 CDs. 2hrs 49 mins.
Full Product Details
Author: Mark Evans ,
Anthony Head ,
Full Cast
Publisher: BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Imprint: BBC Physical Audio
Edition: Unabridged edition
Volume: 3
Dimensions:
Width: 14.20cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 12.50cm
Weight: 0.171kg
ISBN: 9781408427187
ISBN 10: 1408427184
Pages: 3
Publication Date: 04 February 2010
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Dazzling cast. Slick production -- Gillian Reynolds Daily Telegraph Rich, ripe language, a hissable villain and a sublime cast... make for the best radio known to man -- Frances Lass Radio Times
"""Dazzling cast. Slick production"" -- Gillian Reynolds * Daily Telegraph * ""Rich, ripe language, a hissable villain and a sublime cast... make for the best radio known to man"" -- Frances Lass * Radio Times *"
Dazzling cast. Slick production -- Gillian Reynolds * Daily Telegraph * Rich, ripe language, a hissable villain and a sublime cast... make for the best radio known to man -- Frances Lass * Radio Times *
Author Information
Mark Evans (Author) Mark Evans is a comedy writer and performer whose radio writing credits include Week Ending, The Very World of Milton Jones and The Jack Docherty Show, but he is probably best known for That Mitchell and Webb Sound, That Mitchell and Webb Look and Bleak Expectations. He is also the author of the novelisation of Bleak Expectations, which was published in 2012 to great acclaim.
