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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Le Carré On Spying - The Penny Dreadfuls Present: Le Carré On Spying
Uncover the truth about John Le Carré's secret past in the murky world of 1960s espionage and be transported back to the paranoid height of The Cold War.
Further details
David Cornwell (the real name of the spy and thriller writer John Le Carré) is the star of this comedy drama as we follow his desperate efforts to uncover the latest mole in the secret service. John F Kennedy's official visit to Berlin looms and the pressure is on to get to the truth. Dramatic tension and big laughs abound in this seventh comedy play by acclaimed sketch group The Penny Dreadfuls.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 8th July 2017
- Time
- 2:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
- Recorded
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- Friday 19th May 2017, 19:15 at BBC Radio Theatre
Cast & crew
| Humphrey Ker | Various |
| David Reed | Various |
| Thom Tuck | Various |
| Miles Jupp | David Cornwell |
| Margaret Cabourn-Smith | Lizbeth |
| Margaret Cabourn-Smith | Mrs M |
| Mark Heap | Narrator |
| David Reed | Writer |
| Julia McKenzie | Producer |
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Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th July 2017