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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.

Simon Callow

Jane Horrocks

Miles Jupp

Tom Bell

Pearce Quigley

Louise Ford

Steve Pemberton

Alex Lowe

Sarah Daykin

Paul Schlesinger

Sarah Cartwright

Ben Cottam

Paul Mckenna

Plum House: Series 2: Black Pudding

Black Pudding

Series 2

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The offer of an honorary degree at an ex-polytechnic sends Peter into a depressive spiral.

The offer of an honorary degree at an ex-polytechnic sends Peter into a depressive spiral. Stars Simon Callow. From 2018.

The offer of an honorary degree at a less than prestigious ex-polytechnic sends Peter into a depressive spiral, as he questions whether he has wasted his life. 

The team call on the chief psychiatrist to the academic profession, the radical Doctor Bloch. 

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
Maureen ...... Jane Horrocks
Julian ......	Miles Jupp
Tom	...... Tom Bell
Alan	...... Pearce Quigley
Emma ...... Louise Ford
Doctor Bloch ...... Steve Pemberton
Steve Clegg ...... Alex Lowe
Vice Chancellor ......	Alex Lowe
Receptionist ...... Sarah Daykin

Producer: Sarah Cartwright
Director: Paul Schlesinger

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

Plum House: Series 2

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