Hunderby
- TV sitcom
- Sky Atlantic
- 2012 - 2015
- 9 episodes (1 series)
Period comedy written by and starring Julia Davis. Set in the 1800s, it focuses on the dark goings on in a small English village. Also features Alexandra Roach, Alex Macqueen, Rufus Jones, Rosie Cavaliero, Alexander Armstrong and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 5
Further details
With Helene and Graham in the throes of a passionate affair, the pastor's wife hopes to run away with her lover before her past catches up with her, especially when she mistakes the footman, Old Ian, for a hunchback in the garden. But when the doctor's wife, Hestor, overhears her husband's plans to leave with the younger woman she takes decisive action.
Meanwhile, Dorothy's scheming to disgrace Helene and stop Edmund from leaving for Fiji comes to fruition when John Whiffin arrives at the house. Armed with a tale of how his wife beat him and left him for dead, Edmund takes pity on the blind hunchback, giving Helene one heck of a surprise when she arrives home.
Terrified the truth about her identity and history is about to be revealed, Helene is horrified when Edmund encourages her to rub Whiffin's so-called magic hump in a last ditch attempt to give him an heir and keep them in Hunderby. Will the hunchback reveal the truth about his connection to the shipwreck survivor?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 24th September 2012
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Sky Atlantic
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Julia Davis | Dorothy |
Alexandra Roach | Helene |
Alex Macqueen | Edmund |
Rufus Jones | Dr Foggerty |
Rosie Cavaliero | Hesther |
Daniel Lawrence Taylor | Geoff |
Kevin Eldon | John Whiffin |
James Greene | Old Ian |
Julia Davis | Writer |
Barunka O'Shaughnessy | Writer |
Tony Dow | Director |
John Rushton | Producer |
Henry Normal | Executive Producer |
Armando Iannucci | Executive Producer |
Lindsay Hughes | Executive Producer |
Lucy Lumsden | Executive Producer |
Julia Davis | Executive Producer |
Robin Peters | Editor |
David Ferris | Production Designer |
Nina Humphreys | Composer |