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- Bleak_Expectations abstract "Bleak Expectations is a Radio 4 comedy series, whose first series premiered in August 2007. It is a pastiche of the works of Charles Dickens – such as Bleak House and Great Expectations, from which it derives its name – and costume dramas set in the same period, and parodies several of their plot devices (such as cruel guardians, idyllic childhoods interrupted, lifelong friendships, earnest young people), whilst simultaneously tending toward a highly surreal humour along the lines of The Goon Show. The series has also demonstrated a fondness for allusions to and parodies of the films of Alec Guinness, particularly the Edwardian satire Kind Hearts and Coronets.It is written by Mark Evans, who plays minor characters in most episodes, and produced by Gareth Edwards. Its opening and closing theme is the main theme from the Mazurka from Three Characteristic Pieces by Edward Elgar.The plot of the first series revolves around Philip "Pip" Bin, inventor of the Bin, and his two sisters, Poppy and Pippa, whose seemingly ideal life is disrupted by the death of their father and the madness of their mother. They are then locked away by their guardian, Mr. Gently Benevolent (who, despite his name, is actually the main villain of the piece), in St. Bastard's, the most vicious boarding school in England, and St. Bitch's, a nearby convent. Pip and his sisters attempt to free themselves of their guardian with the help of Harry Biscuit, whose father invented the biscuit. It is narrated by Pip as an old man to the journalist (and his eventual son-in-law) Sourquill, who brings various useless inventions to assist in recording the events.".
- Bleak_Expectations format Comedy.
- Bleak_Expectations producer Gareth_Edwards_(producer).
- Bleak_Expectations starring Anthony_Head.
- Bleak_Expectations starring Geoffrey_Whitehead.
- Bleak_Expectations starring James_Bachman.
- Bleak_Expectations starring writer).
- Bleak_Expectations starring Richard_Johnson_(actor).
- Bleak_Expectations starring Sarah_Hadland.
- Bleak_Expectations starring Susy_Kane.
- Bleak_Expectations starring Tom_Allen_(comedian).
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- Bleak_Expectations writer writer).
- Bleak_Expectations country "United Kingdom".
- Bleak_Expectations endtheme "Mazurka from Three Characteristic Pieces by Edward Elgar".
- Bleak_Expectations episodenumber "2".
- Bleak_Expectations episodenumber "3".
- Bleak_Expectations episodenumber "4".
- Bleak_Expectations episodenumber "5".
- Bleak_Expectations episodenumber "6".
- Bleak_Expectations firstAired "2007-08-15".
- Bleak_Expectations format Comedy.
- Bleak_Expectations hasPhotoCollection Bleak_Expectations.
- Bleak_Expectations homeStation BBC_Radio_4.
- Bleak_Expectations imagesize "190".
- Bleak_Expectations language "English".
- Bleak_Expectations numEpisodes "30".
- Bleak_Expectations numSeries "5".
- Bleak_Expectations opentheme "Mazurka from Three Characteristic Pieces by Edward Elgar".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2007-08-22".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2007-08-29".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2007-09-05".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2007-09-12".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2007-09-19".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2008-08-14".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2008-08-21".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2008-08-28".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2008-09-04".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2008-09-11".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2009-11-05".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2009-11-12".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2009-11-19".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2009-11-26".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2009-12-03".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2010-11-18".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2010-11-25".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2010-12-02".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2010-12-09".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2010-12-16".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2012-11-27".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2012-12-04".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2012-12-11".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2012-12-18".
- Bleak_Expectations originalairdate "2012-12-25".
- Bleak_Expectations producer Gareth_Edwards_(producer).
- Bleak_Expectations recLocation Broadcasting_House.
- Bleak_Expectations runtime "1680.0".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "After an embarrassing disaster involving a bridge and a train full of puppies and orphans, Pip and Harry travel to America on the SS Massive Britain, where Pip begins a reading tour. But all is not as it seems and Mister Benevolent lures our hero into a gunfight at the "All Right I Suppose Corral".".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Full of self-loathing, Pip drinks some very strong gin, finds he is really quite keen on opium, and falls in with a gang of thieves. But is their Fagin-like leader Abraham Bagel, all he seems?".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Harry Biscuit becomes possessed by the evil Pen of Penrith which turns his heart to inky black. Pip and Gently Benevolent join forces to take on this new, cruel and cake-obsessed nemesis and his army of robot swans. They also turn out to share a love of antiquing in the Cotswolds.".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "In a parody of The War of the Worlds, the planet is in deadly peril when Gently Benevolent summons a massive Martian invasion. Is this the end for Pip, Harry and the rest of the human race, not to mention Pippa's goose sanctuary?".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Mister Gently Benevolent unveils an advent calendar of evil that will culminate on Christmas day with the total destruction of the universe. Only one man can prevent the end of everything for all time. But at a terrible terrible cost. Is this the end for our hero Pip? Or is it curtains for the whole of creation? And does that mean Harry needn't get Pippa a Christmas present?".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip Bin faces his most gruelling fate yet at the hands of his evil undead ex-guardian and an enormous quantity of cheese. But can the A Christmas Carol-style spirits of Harvest Festival past, present and future show him a way to redemption?".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip Bin strives to improve working conditions in his Bin factory, and to end poverty once and for all using Harry Biscuit's anti-poverty cannon. But will his quest distract him from a dastardly plan to steal London and sell it to the French?".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip Bin, Harry Biscuit and Gently Benevolent find themselves trapped in the vast emptiness of space. As their doom looks increasingly inevitable, Mr Benevolent finally explains just why it is that he is so very very evil thanks to thwarted love, his stepfathers' cruelty and a family ancestry reaching back to Judas's accountant, in a parody of Great Expectations.".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip and Charles Dickens engage in a novel-writing showdown to find out who is the greatest writer in Britain.".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip and Harry find themselves building an entire railway network in their bid to catch Benevolent.".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip and Harry have escaped the exploding desert island, but Harry has been transformed into a dinosaur. Now they must catch Mister Benevolent and prevent him taking over the world, but the trail has led them to France. Here they must face unimaginable horrors including a bacon-free breakfast and a deadly confrontation in a cheese mine. But there is a glimmer of hope in the form of The Scarlet Pimple.".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip and Harry journey to the Underworld to rescue Ripely, only to find the evil Mister Benevolent has got there first.".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip and Harry put to sea with Captain Beehab in a bid to thwart a sea-going Mister Benevolent and rescue Ripely. But fate has other plans and they are shipwrecked. Pip soon finds himself on a desert island that holds many surprising secrets.".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip and Ripely find themselves facing a vast and evil undead army. England has only one hope - that Miss Sweetly Delightful can melt Mr Benevolent's cruel, undead heart.".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip and his friends travel to India in their quest to thwart the evil machinations of smooth but sinister genius Mr Gently Benevolent.".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip finds himself heavily in debt when he has to bribe the whole of the House of Commons.".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip finds himself saved from the workhouse with the arrival of a vast sum of money from a stranger. But new problems await him.".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip is saved from the wreck of Admiral Hardthrasher's vessel by Aunt Lily on a raft of trained tuna. He returns to London, to find true love with the beautiful but terminally feeble Flora Dies-Early. Pippa and Mr Parsimonious flee to the continent, with Mr Benevolent in pursuit, but his nefarious attempts against them are thwarted by Aunt Lily. Harry, meanwhile, tries to join the army to forget his love for Pippa, but is thwarted by an allergy to the colour red.".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip meets a mysterious aged crone who can help him escape from Britain's most terrifying school, with only a false beard and disguises as Admiral Nelson, a giant rabbit and a grandfather clock. But can they stop his evil guardian marrying his mother?".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip must thwart the plans of his evil guardian Mr Gently Benevolent. Can underwater squirrels, oddly placed church bells and a stint in the workhouse foil him in his noble quest? Or will Aunt Lily and her Gloucestershire racing cows save the day?".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip races to Antarctica to thwart another fiendish plot by his evil ex-guardian, Mr Gently Benevolent.".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip, Harry, Pippa and Ripely are reduced to abject poverty on the banks of the Thames. Will Pip and Harry be able to find work, or will they have to end their days eating mud and listening to the gloating of Mr Benevolent?".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pip, Pippa, the Reverend Fecund and Harry Biscuit have tracked Mister Benevolent to the heart of the vast Russian Empire. But when they find him he is at the head of a mighty army. Who will triumph in the final battle between good and evil? Will Harry get a new body? Will Mister Benevolent detonate his infamous cheese bomb? And what is the correct way to spell Tsar? As fate decides these crucial questions it seems there are a few surprises in store for Pip.".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Pippa is lost so Harry makes a "Pippa Detector" which actually works!".
- Bleak_Expectations shortsummary "Things look grim for Pip as he faces a highly prejudicial court case to defend his masterful and eponymous invention, the Bin. Is he to be hanged, or will there be a last-minute escape?".
- Bleak_Expectations showName "Bleak Expectations".
- Bleak_Expectations starring Anthony_Head.
- Bleak_Expectations starring Geoffrey_Whitehead.
- Bleak_Expectations starring James_Bachman.
- Bleak_Expectations starring writer).
- Bleak_Expectations starring Richard_Johnson_(actor).
- Bleak_Expectations starring Sarah_Hadland.
- Bleak_Expectations starring Susy_Kane.
- Bleak_Expectations starring Tom_Allen_(comedian).
- Bleak_Expectations title "A Happy Life Broken and then Mended a Bit".
- Bleak_Expectations title "A Horrible Life Un-ruined and then Re-ruinated a Lot".
- Bleak_Expectations title "A Life Destroyed Then Repaired and Rehappied".
- Bleak_Expectations title "A Life Sadly Smashed... Then Happily Restored A Bit".
- Bleak_Expectations title "A Loved-Up Life Potentially Totally Annihilated".
- Bleak_Expectations title "A Now Grim Life Yet More Grimified".