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The Kneebone Bonanza

Alex Tregear

Michael Shelford

Ed Gaughan

Philippa Stanton

The Kneebone Bonanza: Episode 1

Episode 1

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Carl Grose's wild Cornish comedy about scrap metal, hard lives and country music.

A scrap dealer dies leaving his kids in serious trouble. Is an old family legacy the answer? Stars Alex Tregear. From 2013.

Meet The Kneebones. a squabbling, financially ruined family trying to survive in St. Day, Cornwall.

Scrap dealer Jed has died, leaving his children Slick, Dwight and Maddy in serious debt. Maddy reluctantly runs the yard, Slick tries to find work and Dwight does dodgy deals.

Could an old family legacy, The Kneebone Bonanza, be the answer? 

Carl Grose's wildly inventive Cornish comedy about family, death, love and hope.

Maddy ..... Alex Tregear
Slick ..... Michael Shelford
Dwight/Duke ..... Ed Gaughan
Loretta ..... Amanda Lawrence
Bailiff ..... Carl Grose
Receptionist ..... Philippa Stanton

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.

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Wry Cornish comedy about scrap metal, hard lives and country and western music

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