The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff (2011)

Genre

comedy television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rated

PG

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A comedy series that parodies Charles Dickens stories. It follows characters in a fictional old shop in Victorian London, with exaggerated situations and silly humor.

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What happens

The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff is a four-part comedy series produced by BBC, 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 began in 2007, and with which it shares the writer Mark Evans, producer Gareth Edwards and actor Richard Johnson; 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 show That Mitchell and Webb Look. The main characters are played by Robert Webb and Katherine Parkinson with cameos and guest appearances from celebrities including Stephen Fry, David Mitchell, Phyllida Law, Johnny Vegas and Adrian Edmondson. Some of the cast from Bleak Expectations including Sarah Hadland, Richard Johnson, Susy Kane and Tom Allen also appear. The series was commissioned to coincide with the bicentenary of Charles Dickens' birth. The last episode aired on 5 March 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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