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The Sit Crom: Episode 1: The Secret Knocke

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Episode 1: The Secret Knocke

The Secret Knocke

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Spies and sinful vegetables at Firebasket Hall. Civil War comedy with Joss Ackland.

Spies and sinful vegetables at Firebasket Hall. Civil War comedy with Joss Ackland and Miriam Margolyes. From October 1990.

Mercy's disguise is revealed, Father Francis is perplexed in his hole, Tobias denigrates the vegetables, Arise Higgs and his platoon are billeted on Firebasket Hall and Gazebo has lethal orders.

Sue Limb's six-part comedy set during the English Civil War in the days of Oliver Cromwell. 

Sir John Firebasket    ......    Joss Ackland
Lady Anne Firebasket    ......    Denise Coffey 
Tobias Thynne    ......    Clive Merrison  
Mercy, alias Melissa    ......    Miriam Margoyles 
Father Francis    ......    Nickolas Grace 
Slow Ned    ......    Chris Emmett 
Gazebo Fogg    ......    Jack Klaff  
Captain Arise Higgs    ......    Alun Armstrong  
Posthumous    ......    Nicky Henson 
Counter Tenor    ......    Peter Hayward 
Lettice    ......    Jane Whittenshaw 

Music by Colin Sell.  

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.

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Historical sitcom by Sue Limb, set in the times of Oliver Cromwell

Historical sitcom by Sue Limb, set in the times of Oliver Cromwell. With Joss Ackland and Miriam Margolyes

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