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The Penny Dreadfuls

The Brothers Faversham

Leonidas Faversham

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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The story of Victorian Britain's most reckless living explorer - Leonidas Faversham.

The comedy sketch trio present swashbuckling tales of four brothers born into the same privileged aristocratic family - Horatius, Theseus, Leonidas and Augustus.

Written by and starring The Penny Dreadfuls:

Humphrey Ker
David Reed
Thom Tuck

Alexandra Faversham ... Ingrid Oliver
Narrator... Miles Jupp.

Producer: Julia McKenzie

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in January 2008. Show less

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