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2. The Footman Gets Banged Up!

A boisterous satire of 18th century life. Curmudgeonly Squire Bramble heads North with his exhausting family. With Joanna Page

The family is stranded.

Bramble is keen to continue their grand tour of Great Britain, but how can they leave London when Humphry Clinker is in gaol?

Tobias Smollett's uproarious 18th century novel, celebrating and satirising British life and its eccentricities

Starring Stuart McLoughlin.

Dramatised by Yvonne Antrobus.

Mathew Bramble ...... Nigel Anthony
Tabitha Bramble ...... Marcia Warren
Lydia Melford ...... Helen Longworth
Jery Melford ...... Dan Starkey
Winifred Jenkins ...... Joanna Page
Humphry Clinker ...... Stuart McLoughlin
Lieutenant Lismahago ...... John Rowe
Mr Martin ...... Chris Pavlo
Mr Micklewhimmen ...... Sam Dale
Dutton/Wilson ...... Nyasha Hatendi
Gaoler ...... Stephen Critchlow

Mandolin played by Stuart McLoughlin.

Director: Marc Beeby.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008.

1 hour

Last on

Wed 20 Dec 202300:00

Broadcasts

  • Sun 7 Sep 200815:00
  • Sat 13 Sep 200821:00
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