British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide
The Penny Dreadfuls Present.... Image shows from L to R: Humphrey Ker, Thom Tuck, David Reed
The Penny Dreadfuls Present...

The Penny Dreadfuls Present...

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Radio 4 / BBC Radio 7
  • 2008 - 2020
  • 18 episodes (2 series)

Radio comedies in which sketch group The Penny Dreadfuls - aka Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck - present plays around historical subjects. Also features Ingrid Oliver and Miles Jupp.

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Guy Fawkes (2009)

The Penny Dreadfuls take a break from all things Victorian to examine the life of Guy Fawkes.

Revolution (2011)

A brand new special play for 2011, telling the tale of the French Revolution.

Hereward The Wake (2012)

The Penny Dreadfuls turn their comic eye towards Hereward The Wake. Who? This is exactly the point...

The Odyssey (2015)

The Penny Dreadfuls bring an irreverent interpretation of everyone's favourite bedtime read - The Odyssey by Homer.

Don Quixote (2018)

A meditation on the age of chivalry, insanity and truth. A quest of windmills, magic and donkeys. Join peasant Sancho and the man who thinks he's a Knight as they travel together locked together in a quest to save those who don't want saving and unravel enchantments which may or may not only exist in their minds. Sylvester McCoy plays the lead.

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