BLEAK EXPECTATIONS SERIES ONE

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Bleak Expectations: Series One
Radio Series (UK)
Role: Mr. Gently Benevolent and Mr. Sourquill
Episodes: All
Original Air Date: August 15, 2007 - September 19, 2007
Network: BBC Radio 4
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Sir Philip Bin ...... Richard Johnson
Gently Benevolent ...... Anthony Head
Agnes Bin ...... Celia Imrie
Mr Hardthrasher ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Pip ...... Tom Allen
With James Bachman, Mark Evans, Susy Kane, Laurence Howarth, Mark Perry, Sarah Hadland and Perdita Weeks.

EPISODES

1. A Perfect Childhood Cruelly Kippered - The idyllic life of Pip, Pippa and Poppy Bin is ruined by the scheming of their evil guardian and Pip's incarceration in Britain's most violent school, St Bastard's (based on Dotheboys Hall). Original transmission date: 15 August 2007.

2. An Adolescence Utterly Trashed - Pip meets a mysterious aged crone who can help him escape from Britain's most terrifying school, with only a false beard and disguised as Nelson, a giant rabbit and a grandfather clock. But can they stop his evil guardian marrying his mother? Original transmission date: 22 August 2007.

3. A Youth Utterly Crocked - Pip must thwart the plans of his evil guardian Mr Gently Benevolent. Can underwater squirrels, oddly placed church bells and a stint in the workhouse foil him in his noble quest? Or will Aunt Lily and her Gloucestershire racing cows save the day?. Original transmission date: 29 August 2007.

4. A Young Adulthood Bitterly Dismantled - Pip finds himself saved from the workhouse with the arrival of a vast sum of money from a stranger. But new problems await him. Original transmission date: 05 September 2007.

5. A Young Love Mercilessly Dismembered. - Pip is saved from the wreck of Admiral Hardthrasher's vessel by Aunt Lily on a raft of trained tuna. He returns to London, to find true (if brief) love with the beautiful but terminally feeble Flora Dies Early. Pippa and Mr Parsimonious flee to the continent, with Mr Benevolent in pursuit, but his nefarious attempts against them are thwarted by Aunt Lily. Harry, meanwhile, tries to join the army to forget his love for Pippa, but is thwarted by an allergy to the colour red. Original transmission date: 12 September 2007.

6. A Life Sadly Smashed…Then Happily Restored A Bit. Things look grim for Pip as he faces a highly prejudicial court case to defend his masterful and eponymous invention, the Bin. Is he to be hanged, or will there be a last-minute escape? Original transmission date: 19 September 2007.

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