A Trespasser's Guide to the Classics

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Comedy trio Peepolykus stumble into the plots of great works of fiction

Comedy trio Peepolykus assume the roles of minor characters in great works of fiction and derail the plot of the book through their hapless buffoonery

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Richard Wilson

Javier Marzan

John Nicholson

Richard Katz

Sam Dale

Leo Wan

David Hounslow

Caolan McCarthy

Sasha Yevtushenko

A Trespasser's Guide to the Classics: Series 1: A Fistful of Sand

28/10/2015

A Fistful of Sand

Series 1

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Great works of fiction are upended when the comedy trio stumble into the plot.

Comedy trio Peepolykus upend classic fiction: Richard Wilson stars as a shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe. From 2015.

Richard Wilson plays Robinson Crusoe in an irreverent re-boot of Daniel Defoe's classic. 

After cheating their captain of the ship's treasure, a couple of sailors go into hiding on a deserted island. Their plans to lay low are rumbled when they're discovered by a long-forgotten castaway and his Spanish manservant.

The comedy troupe Peepolykus assume the roles of minor characters in great works of fiction and derail the plot of the book through their hapless buffoonery.

Written by John Nicholson, Richard Katz and Javier Marzan

Crusoe . . . . . Richard Wilson
Friday . . . . . Javier Marzan
John . . . . . John Nicholson
Richard . . . . . Richard Katz
Captain . . . . . Sam Dale
First Mate . . . . . Leo Wan
Briggs . . . . . David Hounslow
Dodd . . . . . Caolan McCarthy

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015.

A Trespasser's Guide to the Classics: Series 1

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Comedy trio Peepolykus assume the roles of minor characters in great works of fiction.

Comedy trio Peepolykus assume the roles of minor characters in great works of fiction and derail the plot of the book through their hapless buffoonery.

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