Marley Was Dead

A Christmas Carol, but not as you've ever heard it before. A surprise all-star cast gather to bring Dickens' timeless classic to life. Introduced by Jonathan Dimbleby. Starring John Nicholson and Richard Katz, with Jane Horrocks, Dara O Briain, Charlotte Green,_x001A_Richard Madeley, Peter Purves, Gwyneth Williams and Chris Evans. Written by John Nicholson and Richard Katz. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

John Nicholson

Richard Katz

Javier Marzan

Georgie Glenn

Emma Fielding

Richard Wilson

Full Cast

Hattie Morahan

Blake Ritson

The Complete Series 1 and 2

Comedy troupe Peepolykus star in their own BBC Radio 4 sketch show, creating eight riotous reboots of literary classics 
 
"In comedy terms, what Peepolykus can do is limitless " Variety 
 
Peepolykus (pronounced 'people-like-us') have toured their irreverent brand of comic theatre in over 100 towns across four continents. Now they've taken to the airwaves, hijacking the great works of fiction to hilarious effect. Assuming the roles of minor characters in major works, they derail the plots through their own hapless buffoonery, and from Madame Bovary to Macbeth, familiar stories take an unexpected turn. 
 
Two painter/decorators do irreparable damage to the portrait of a certain Mr Gray. An early plastic surgeon has her work cut out when she meets a Frenchman with the most wonderfully large nose. A pair of sailors, hiding out on a deserted island, are discovered by a long-forgotten castaway and his Spanish manservant. And a Whitby magician, preparing to compete with Harry Houdini, notices strange bite marks on the neck of a woman he has just met... 
 
Anarchic, ridiculous and uproariously funny, A Trespasser's Guide to the Classics is written and performed by John Nicholson, Richard Katz and Javier Marzan. 
 
Production credits 
Written and performed by John Nicholson, Richard Katz and Javier Marzan 
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko (The Nose directed by Emma Harding and produced by Sasha Yevtushenko) 
Peepolykus is produced by Eleanor Lloyd Productions 
 
 
Episode Titles: 
Series 1 
1 - Mr Gray's Decorators 
2 - The Rat-Catchers of Yonville 
3 - A Fistful of Sand 
4 - Tell Me a Story 
Series 2 
1 - The Neck 
2 - The Nose 
3 - The Prophecy 
4 - The Auction

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