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The Fancy

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Tom and Jerry visit a 19th-century cockfight and make a special wager.

Tom and Jerry visit a 19th-century cockfight and make a special wager. Stars Greg Wise and Mark Gatiss. From May 2006.

Tom and Jerry visit a cockfight, try to buy a horse, meet a sporting legend and lay a wager on which is better, London or the West Country. 

Meanwhile, garrulous narrator Pierce Egan takes literary critic William Hazlitt to his first boxing match. 

Starring Greg Wise, Mark Gatiss and James Bachman.

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

Corinthian Tom .... Greg Wise 
Jerry Hawthorn .... Mark Gatiss 
Bob Logic .... James Bachman 
Plausible Jack .... Ben Graves 
William Hazlitt/Tom Cribb .... Alex Mcqueen 
Mrs Egan ....  Alys Torrence
Pierce Egan .... Geoffrey McGivern 

Music: Ben Walker 

Producer: Tilusha Ghelani

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.

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