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Classic Serial: G&W Grossmith - The Diary of a Nobody

Johnny Vegas

Katherine Parkinson

Andrew Gower

Sinead Matthews

Adrian Scarborough

Stephen Critchlow

Jo Neary

John Guerrasio

Joe Ransom

Adam Gillen

Sarah Sweeney

George Grossmith

Weedon Grossmith

Andrew Lynch

Sally Harrison

Marilyn Imrie

Classic Serial: G&W Grossmith - The Diary of a Nobody: Episode 1

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The Diary of a Nobody

Episode 1

G&W Grossmith - The Diary of a Nobody

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, G&W Grossmith - The Diary of a Nobody, Episode 1

Johnny Vegas and Katherine Parkinson are Mr and Mrs Pooter in this classic adaptation.

4 Extra Debut. Mr and Mrs Pooter move in to the Laurels and attend a ball. Victorian comic capers with Johnny Vegas and Katherine Parkinson.

Johnny Vegas and Katherine Parkinson play Mr and Mrs Pooter in Andrew Lynch's adaptation of the Grossmith brothers' comic novel of 1892. 

The story is a social vignette of Charles, the self-important but highly likeable clerk, his loving wife Carrie and their son William (played by Andrew Gower). 

Much of the action takes place in the house that the Pooters share with their maid Sarah...and the noisy sound of passing trains. The Laurels in Brickfield Terrace is frequently visited by colourful and amusing characters, not least Gowing and Cummings, Pooter's 'trusty' fairweather friends.

This full dramatisation has a Victorian sit-com feel and stays true to the book - with a couple of twists of Lynch's own - capturing a kind of lower-middle-class aspiration that still has a tangible familiarity in 2012. 

In Episode One, the Pooters move in to The Laurels. Charles and Carrie attend The Mansion House Ball and Willie arrives home from the bank in Oldham.


Cast:
Charles Pooter ...... Johnny Vegas
Carrie Pooter ...... Katherine Parkinson
William / Lupin ...... Andrew Gower
Sarah ....... Sinead Matthews
Cummings (and Horwin) ...... Adrian Scarborough
Gowing (and Borset) ....... Stephen Critchlow
Farmerson ...... Joe Ransom
Trillip ...... Adam Gillen
Daisy Mutlar ...... Sarah Sweeney

Other parts were played by members of the cast.

Adapted by Andrew Lynch, from the original by George and Weedon Grossmith.

Produced by Sally Harrison 
Directed by Marilyn Imrie
A Woolyback production for BBC Radio 4.

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