The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff is a four-part BBC comedy series, which premiered on
BBC Two on 19 December 2011. It is a parody of the works of
Charles Dickens, drawing its title from
Bleak House and
The Old Curiosity Shop. It is a television successor to
Bleak Expectations, a radio parody of Dickens which ran from 2007 to 2011 and with which it shares the writer
Mark Evans, producer
Gareth Edwards and actor
Richard Johnson,
and while not a direct adaptation it shares the same style, atmosphere
and sense of humour. It is directed by Ben Gosling Fuller, who also
directed the successful show
That Mitchell and Webb Look. Cast members include
Robert Webb,
David Mitchell,
Stephen Fry,
Joshua McGuire,
Katherine Parkinson and
Susy Kane.
The series was commissioned to coincide with the bicentenary of
Charles Dickens' birth.
Episodes: 4 (1 series)
Date: Mon 19th December 2011
Time: 8:30pm
Channel: BBC Two
Length: 30 minutes
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