Plum House

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Comedy about the eccentric and inept staff at a historic house.

Comedy about the eccentric and inept staff at Plum House, former country home of minor 18th-century poet George Pudding. Written by Ben Cottam and Paul Mckenna.

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Simon Callow

Miles Jupp

Jane Horrocks

Tom Bell

Pearce Quigley

Louise Ford

Danny Webb

Ed Easton

Paul Schlesinger

Sarah Cartwright

Ben Cottam

Paul Mckenna

Plum House: Series 2: A Sound Investment

A Sound Investment

Series 2

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The team disagree on the recording of an audio tour to draw in more visitors.

The team make an audio tour hoping to bring visitors flocking, but can't agree on who’ll star in it. Stars Tom Bell. From 2018.

The team are making an audio tour they hope will bring visitors flocking. 

But they can't agree on who will star in the recording?  

Tom has a bigger problem when he accidentally breaks the most valuable artefact in the museum.

Starring Simon Callow, Miles Jupp  and Jane Horrocks.

Comedy about the inept staff at a historic house.

Every year, thousands of tourists flock to the Lake District. But one place they never go to is Plum House - the former country home of terrible poet George Pudding (1779-1848). Now a crumbling museum, losing money hand over fist, it struggles to stay open under its eccentric curator Peter Knight. 

Tom Collyer tries and fails to get the museum back on track, alongside the hopelessly out of touch deputy Julian, corner-cutting gift shop manager Maureen, put-upon education officer Emma, and enthusiastic but dim-witted caretaker Alan.

Written by Ben Cottam and Paul McKenna.

Peter ...... Simon Callow
Julian ...... Miles Jupp
Maureen	...... Jane Horrocks
Tom	...... Tom Bell
Alan ...... Pearce Quigley
Emma ...... Louise Ford
Gerry ...... Danny Webb
Ralph ...... Ed Easton

Producer:  Sarah Cartwright
Director: Paul Schlesinger

A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.

Plum House: Series 2

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