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Comedy Victorian adventures by Mark Evans

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Mark Evans

Richard Johnson

Tom Allen

Anthony Head

James Bachman

Geoffrey Whitehead

Sarah Hadland

Susy Kane

Gareth Edwards

Bleak Expectations: Series 5: An Alrightish Life Savagely Frozen to Bits

An Alrightish Life Savagely Frozen to Bits

Series 5

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Pip races to Antarctica to thwart another fiendish plot by the evil Mr Gently Benevolent.

Pip races across Antarctica to thwart his nemesis. Mark Evans' Victorian comic epic stars Tom Allen. From December 2012.

Pip races to Antarctica to thwart another fiendish plot by his evil ex-guardian, Mr Gently Benevolent.

Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.

Sir Philip ..... Richard Johnson
Young Pip Bin ..... Tom Allen
Gently Benevolent ..... Anthony Head 
Harry Biscuit ..... James Bachman 
Clampvulture ..... Geoffrey Whitehead 
Ripely ..... Sarah Hadland 
Pippa ..... Susy Kane 
Explorer ..... Mark Evans 

Producer:  Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2012.

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