- Radio Times
- Review by:
- David Butcher
This Dickens spoof is not something you’d recommend wholeheartedly to anyone unless you were sure they had a forgiving sense of humour. That doesn’t mean it’s not funny, it’s just that its jokes all come under the heading of silly, or even very silly.
As we rejoin the action after the Christmas one-off, Jedrington and Conceptiva Secret-Past are happily running their shop full of bizarre curiosities when a wealthy villain arrives to poison their contentment, and Conceptiva’s past secret (which turns out to be genuinely funny) threatens to overwhelm them both.
About this programme
1/3. Upstanding shop owner Jedrington Secret-Past teams up with seemingly charming new business partner Harmswell Grimstone, who may not be all he seems. Meanwhile, Jedrington's wife Conceptiva receives a cryptic letter that disturbs her so greatly she makes her way to End-It-All Dock. Dickensian comedy adventure, starring Robert Webb, Katherine Parkinson and Tim McInnerny.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Jedrington Secret-Past
- Robert Webb
- Conceptiva
- Katherine Parkinson
- Victor
- Finlay Christie
- Victoria
- Ambra Lily Keegan
- Harmswell Grimstone
- Tim McInnerny
- Pusweasel
- Derek Griffiths
- Primly Tightclench
- Sarah Hadland
- Servegood
- Kevin Eldon
- Mary-Anne
- Abigail Burdess
- Smalcolm
- Blake Harrison
- Duchess of Money
- Susy Kane
- Lady Havemuch
- Beth Chalmers
- Poor Person
- Fergus Craig
- Businessman
- Mark Evans
- Sofa Man
- Nick Ball
- Sofa Woman
- Margaret Cabourn-Smith
- Headmaster Wackville
- Adrian Edmondson
- Postman
- Simon Kane
Crew
- Director
- Ben Gosling Fuller
- Executive Producer
- Mark Freeland
- Producer
- Gareth Edwards
- Writer
- Mark Evans
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