Elephants to Catch Eels

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A comedy set in an 18th-century Cornish village, starring Lucy Speed.

A comedy set in an 18th-century Cornish village, by the writers of Dead Ringers and starring Lucy Speed.

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A hairy folk band helps Tamsyn Trelawny and the Cornish smugglers to escape the law.

A hairy folk band helps Tamsyn Trelawny and the Cornish smugglers to escape the law. Stars Lucy Speed. From February 2003.

Tamsyn and Jago's smuggling exploits are to be chronicled at close quarters by a group of fly-on-the-wall balladeers. 

They get some exciting material as Jago's up before an unusually hard-line judge - and it seems there's no escape from the noose...

18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain.

Tamsyn Trelawny …… Lucy Speed
Jago Trelawny …… John Bowe
Major Thomas Falconer …… Cameron Stewart
Captain Marriot …… Andrew McGibbon
Squire Bascombe …… Martin Hyder
Dewey …… Mark Felgate
Judge Pettiforth …… Mark Perry 
Anthony the Balladeer …… Michael Fenton Stevens

Producer: Jan Ravens.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003.

Elephants to Catch Eels: Series 1

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