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Episode 1: In Training for a Swell

In Training for a Swell

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Cocksure Tom and his country cousin Jerry tour the sprawling post-Regency metropolis.

Cocksure Tom and his country cousin Jerry tour the sprawling post-Regency metropolis. Stars Greg Wise and Mark Gatiss. From May 2006.

A tour of the sprawling post-Regency Metropolis in the years before the Victorians turned up and made everything boring

All in the company of garrulous author Pierce Egan, cocksure urbanite Corinthian Tom, his naive Somerset cousin Jerry Hawthorn and their drunken compatriot Bob Logic.

Starring Greg Wise, Mark Gatiss and James Bachman.

Pierce Egan’s 19th-century comic novel adapted by Dan Tetsell.

Pierce Egan    ....    Geoffrey McGivern 
Corinthian Tom    ....    Greg Wise 
Jerry Hawthorn    ....    Mark Gatiss 
Bob Logic    ....    James Bachman 
Old Hawthorn    ....    Christopher Douglas 
Corinthian Kate    ....    Amanda Abbingdon
Mrs Belcher    ....    Laura Shavin 
Mr Primefit    ....    Dave Lamb

Music: Ben Walker 

Producer: Tilusha Ghelani

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.

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Comedy drama set in early 19th Century London, adapted from the novel by Pierce Egan.

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