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A Terrifying Life Made Even Scarier a Bit Some More

Bleak Expectations, Series 5 Episode 5 of 6

Duration:
30 minutes
First broadcast:
Tuesday 18 December 2012

Bleak Expectations
By Mark Evans
Volume 5, chapter 5: 'A Terrifying Life Made Even Scarier A Bit Some More'
The Victorian adventure comedy continues. This week a new and terrible danger threatens Victorian Britain as Harry Biscuit becomes possessed by the evil Pen of Penrith which turns his heart to inky black. Pip and Gently Benevolent join forces to take on this new, cruel and cake-obsessed nemesis and his army of robot swans. They also turn out to share a love of antiquing in the Cotswolds.

Richard Johnson.............Sir Philip
Tom Allen.............Young Pip Bin
Anthony Head...................Gently Benevolent
James Bachman.....Harry Biscuit/Servewell
Geoffrey Whitehead..............Clampvulture
Sarah Hadland............Ripely/Lily
Susy Kane...............Pippa
Mark Evans........Hector the Holy Horse

Produced by Gareth Edwards.

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