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Bleak Expectations, Series 5 Episode 1 of 6
Bleak Expectations
By Mark Evans
Volume 5, Chapter 1: Episode One: 'A Pleasant Yet Dull Life Re-Evilled'
The Dickensian comedy adventure returns. Pip Bin is beginning to miss the conflict with his absent evil nemesis Mr Gently Benevolent when he receives an intriguing invitation to a house party with Britain's poshest man, the Baron-Viscount-Marqu-earl-et the Lord-Dukey Clampvulture of Too-Many Titles. But one of the other guests may not be all he seems....
Richard Johnson.............................Sir Philip
Tom Allen...............................Young Pip Bin
Anthony Head...................Gently Benevolent
James Bachman......................Harry Biscuit
Geoffrey Whitehead...................Clampvulture
Sarah Hadland...................................Ripely
Susy Kane..........................................Pippa
Mark Evans...................General Kartoffel-Kopf
Produced by Gareth Edwards.
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