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Elephants to Catch EelsSeries 2
Episode 3 of 6

Can 18th-century smuggler Tamsyn escape the clutches of French revolutionaries? Stars Sheridan Smith. From May 2004.

Captured by French revolutionaries, Tamsyn faces an excruciating torture involving a shuttlecock, some badminton rackets and two fat naked Germans.

It's 1793 and in the small Cornish village of Drumlin Bay, heroic smuggler Tamsyn Trelawny is still running rings around the customs men, assisted by her drunken father Jago.

Written by Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain.

Tamsyn Trelawny …… Sheridan Smith
Jago Trelawny …… John Bowe
Major Thomas Falconer …… Cameron Stewart
Captain Marriot …… Andrew McGibbon
Squire Bascombe …… Martin Hyder
Dewey …… Mark Felgate
Hobbs …… Mark Perry

Producer: Jan Ravens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.

30 minutes

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