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The Boarding House

Charles DickensSketches by Boz - Series 2
Episode 4 of 5

Mrs Tibbs owns a most respectable establishment, until the arrival of a mysterious new lodger. Stars Imelda Staunton.

Mrs Tibbs is the owner of a most respectable Boarding House, until the arrival of a mysterious new lodger.

Gloriously comic stories of London Life by Charles Dickens.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Boz ...... Nicholas Farrell
Mrs Tibbs ...... Imelda Staunton
Mrs Bloss ...... Annette Badland
Mr Tibbs ...... Christopher Hancock
Agnes ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Mr Evenson ...... Stephen Critchlow
Mr Wisbottle ...... Peter Gunn
Mr O’Bleary ...... Jason O’Mara

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1999.

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30 minutes

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