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Radio 4,11 Sep 2008,30 mins

SeriesSeries 2

A Happy Life Broken and Then Mended a Bit

Bleak Expectations

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You're cordially invited to cower before the terrifying spectacle of the Martian invasion, where only Pip and some geese stand between Mr Benevolent's army of long-eared purple space villains and all that is good and true.... The final chapter of the Victorian comic epic, and the whole planet is in terrible danger when Pip's evil ex-guardian Mr Gently Benevolent summons a massive Martian invasion. Is this the end for Pip, Harry and the rest of the human race? And will Pippa's goose sanctuary be all right? You are cordially invited to cower before the terrifying spectacle of the army of long-eared purple space villains... Mark Evans's epic comedy in the style of Charles Dickens. Chapter the Last: A Happy Life Broken and then Mended a Bit Sir Philip...........................Richard Johnson Mr Benevolent........................Anthony Head Harry Biscuit......................James Bachman Young Pip..................................Tom Allen Sternbeater...................Geoffrey Whitehead Ripely Fecund......................Sarah Hadland Mr Parsimonious...............Laurence Howarth Pippa........................................Susy Kane Sundry learned gentlemen...........Mark Evans Producer: Gareth Edwards First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008.

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