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Literary comedy by Sue Limb parodying the arty and bohemian world of the Bloomsbury Group.

Literary comedy by Sue Limb parodying the arty and adulterous adventures of the Bloomsbury Group.

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Gloomsbury: Series 5: A Tale of Two Sillies

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Henry and Vera are on a lecture tour of the USA.

Henry and Vera are on a lecture tour of the USA leaving Ginny and Lionel to look after Sizzlinghurst. Stars Miriam Margoyles. From 2018.

Henry and Vera are on a lecture tour of the USA. 

Vera is invited to the Round Table at the Algonquin and meets Dorothy Barker, who she finds repellent. Henry, travelling towards Chicago on the sleeper, finds he is sharing a compartment with Al Padrone and his mysteriously heavy violin case.

Meanwhile, back at Sizzlinghurst, Ginny and Lionel are acting as caretakers and making a spectacular mess of things as they attempt to remodel the garden.

Literary comedy by Sue Limb parodying the Bloomsbury Group.

Vera Sackcloth-Vest ...... Miriam Margolyes
Henry Mickleton/Room Service  ...... Jonathan Coy
Mrs Gosling/Ginny Fox ...... Alison Steadman
Lionel Fox/Gosling ...... Nigel Planer
Dorothy Barker/Rich Woman ...... Morwenna Banks
Robert Bletchley/Al Pardone/Taxi Driver ...... John Sessions 

A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2018.

Gloomsbury: Series 5

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Literary comedy by Sue Limb parodying the Bloomsbury Group

Literary comedy by Sue Limb parodying the arty and adulterous adventures of the Bloomsbury Group

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