Christmas Episode

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Duration: 1 hour

A Victorian comedy adventure in the style of Charles Dickens.

Jedrington Secret-Past is a happy family man with a successful business until on Christmas Eve Malifax Skulkingworm, a lawyer with a flinty heart and an evil hat, tells him he owes a massive debt he never knew of, and imprisons his family and shop in London's most notorious debtors prison, the Skint.

What is behind Skulkingworm's sinister plan? Will Jedrington rescue his family in time for Christmas? And is there more to the name of Secret-Past than meets the eye? All will be revealed in a tale of hidden wills, brave urchins, giant clocks, misery, joy and treacle.

Last on

Thu 29 Dec 2011 22:00 BBC Two only on England, Scotland, Wales

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  • About the show

    About the show

    The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff is a new four-part comedy adventure set in the Dickensian world of Jedrington Secret-Past, the up-standing family man and owner of The Old Shop of Stuff, Victorian London's most successful purveyor of miscellaneous odd things.

    The series has an impressive ensemble cast led by Robert Webb (That Mitchell And Webb Look) in the role of Jedrington and Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd) who plays his wife Conceptiva.

    The Christmas special will feature Stephen Fry as the evil lawyer Malifax Skulkingworm alongside David Mitchell (That Mitchell And Webb Look), Celia Imrie (Nanny McPhee), Pauline McLynn (Father Ted) and Johnny Vegas (Ideal). The episode sees Jedrington's family incarcerated by Skulkingworm in London's infamous prison The Skint, until they can repay a mysterious and vast debt. Will Jedrington rescue his family in time for Christmas or lose them forever? And is there more to the name Secret-Past than meets the eye?

Credits

Skulkingworm
Stephen Fry
Jedrington Secret-Past
Robert Webb
Conceptiva
Katherine Parkinson
Miss Christmasham
Celia Imrie
Jolliforth
David Mitchell
Artful Codger
Johnny Vegas
Victor
Finlay Christie
Victoria
Ambra Lily Keegan
Maggotty
Pauline McLynn
Fearshiver
Joshua McGuire
Fruitcake/Mr Christmasham
Terrence Hardiman
Uncle Writes Prompt Thank
Richard Johnson
Aunt Good Spelling
Una Stubbs
Aunt Chastity
Judy Parfitt
Aunt Sobriety
Phyllida Law
Guard 2
Calum MacPherson
Archie
Jude Wright
Scruffy Urchin/Nudger
Sidney Johnston
Another Urchin
Ellie Hopkins
Other Urchin
Lee Simmonds
Small News Boy
Hector McCormick
Yet Another Urchin
Bailey Pepper
Harumble/Former Customer
Colin Hoult
Hooped Skirt Lady
Joanna Neary
Vicar of St Weddings
Mark Evans
Skulkingworm's Mum
Abigail Burdess
Policeman
Dominic Coleman
Ghost of Christmas Past
Dave Lamb
Well To Do Man
Gus Brown
Young Skulkingworm
Freddie Rogers
Young Miss Christmasham
Aimee Parkes
Director
Ben Gosling Fuller
Producer
Gareth Edwards
Writer
Mark Evans

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