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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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Bleak Expectations. Image shows from L to R: Hardthrasher (Geoffrey Whitehead), Aunt Lily (Celia Imrie), Young Pip (Tom Allen), Mr Gently Benevolent (Anthony Head), Sir Philip Bin (Richard Johnson), Harry Biscuit (James Bachman). Copyright: BBC Radio

Bleak Expectations

Radio comedy following the adventures of Pip Bin as he struggles against the cruel plotting of his evil guardian Mr Gently Benevolent.

Blackadder. Mr. Edmund Blackadder, Esquire (Rowan Atkinson) TV

Blackadder

The Blackadder dynasty has run through English history since time immemorial, seemingly always hampered by a Baldrick, and often a Percy and Melchett.

The Complete And Utter History Of Britain. Image shows from L to R: Terry Jones, Michael Palin. Copyright: London Weekend Television TV

The Complete And Utter History Of Britain

Terry Jones and Michael Palin's first TV show alone. Sketch series telling the 'complete and utter' history of Britain.

The Castle. Image shows from L to R: Sir William De Warenne (Neil Dudgeon), Lady Anne Woodstock (Martha Howe-Douglas), Lady Charlotte (Ingrid Oliver), Sir John Woodstock (James Fleet). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions Radio

The Castle

Radio sitcom set in a medieval castle with some remarkably modern trappings. Stars James Fleet and Neil Dudgeon.

Pappy's Fun Club. Image shows from L to R: Tom Parry, Brendan Dodds, Matthew Crosby, Ben Clark Radio

Pappy's Fun Club

Radio sketch show pilot from comedy act Pappy's.

Old Boats Radio

Elephants To Catch Eels

Historical comedy set in 1790s Cornwall concerning the adventures of heroic smuggler Tamsyn Trelawney and her drunken father Jago.

Ripping Yarns. Michael Palin. Copyright: BBC TV

Ripping Yarns

Series of comic plays written by Pythons Terry Jones and Michael Palin.

The Hollow Men. Image shows from L to R: Rupert Russell, Sam Spedding, David Armand, Nick Tanner. Copyright: BBC Radio

The Hollow Men

Comic sketch show written and performed by David Armand, Rupert Russell, Sam Spedding and Nick Tanner, with Katy Brand.

Image shows from L to R: James Wrighton, Benjamin Wilson, Andrew Spiers, Elliott Tiney Radio

Idiots Of Ants: Totally Gizmo

Futuristic sketch comedy set on a gadget show in the year 2020, starring Andrew Spiers, Elliott Tiney, Benjamin Wilson and James Wrighton.

Ladies And Gentlemen. Image shows from L to R: Jack (Adam Buxton), Alice (Lucy Punch), Horatio (Darren Boyd), Louisa (Rosie Cavaliero), Freddie (Reece Shearsmith), Emily (Cara Horgan). Copyright: TalkbackThames TV

Ladies And Gentlemen

Sitcom pilot following the lives and loves of a group of 30-something friends who share a London house... in 1865.

Cowards. Image shows from L to R: Tim Key, Stefan Golaszewski, Lloyd Woolf, Tom Basden. Copyright: BBC Radio

Cowards

Radio sketch show performed by Tim Key, Tom Basden, Lloyd Woolf and Stefan Golaszewski.

Cowards. Image shows from L to R: Tim Key, Stefan Golaszewski, Lloyd Woolf, Tom Basden. Copyright: Angel Eye Media TV

Cowards

The TV version of Tom Basden, Lloyd Woolf, Stefan Golaszewski and Tim Key's radio sketch show observing human frailties.

Thom Tuck Radio

Thom Tuck Goes Straight To DVD

Thom Tuck guides us through straight-to-DVD Disney movies and tales of heartbreak from childhood and beyond.

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