BLEAK EXPECTATIONS SERIES FOUR

THE OFFICIAL SITE OF ANTHONY HEAD

Bleak Expectations: Series Four
Radio Series (UK)
Role: Mr. Gently Benevolent
Episodes: All
Original Air Date: November 11th, 2010 - December 16th, 2010
Network: BBC Radio 4
Bleak Expectations on Audio CD
To Bleak Expectations Series 1 and Series 2 and Series 3

In this series of Mark Evans' Victorian epic, Pip must enlist the help of his former nemesis to fight a new evil spreading terror and cake-crumbs through the streets of London.

• EPISODE 1

In Volume Four Chapter the First "A Tolerable Life De-Happified" - our hero Pip sees his former nemesis - the badly named Gently Benevolent - thwarted and locked up in a prison within a jail within a gaol spelled the other way, and apparently repentant of his crimes. But late one foggy night when Pip is attacked with a bowl of sinister custard he realises a new form of evil is stalking the streets of London, and he is obliged to ask for help from his erstwhile foe. Can Benevolent now be trusted? And who is the sinister evil figure?

Meanwhile, Pip's wife Ripely has become obsessed with cutlery, and the purchase of some diamond-handled dodo knives looks likely to force Pip into bankruptcy. And his best friend Harry Biscuit claims to be having terrible problems with an angry badger, but is it all as it seems?

• EPISODE 2

Volume Four, Chapter 2: "Now Spoiled Life Smashed Some More" - Pip and Harry must journey to the Underworld to rescue Ripely, but Mr Gently Benevolent has got there first and is planning to unleash the demons of Hell on the streets of London, making them even worse than usual. Meanwhile Ripely seems to be enjoying the company of some Greek Heroes a little too much.

Can Pip prevent a demon invasion of the streets of London? Can Harry win back the affections of his wife Pippa who has fallen for Benevolent's evil charms? Can anything be more terrifying than Clive the massive cake dragon? And will Mr Benevolent be in trouble with the Devil when she gets back from maternity leave?

• EPISODE 3

Volume Four, Chapter 3: "A wretched life made much much sadder" - 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".

• EPISODE 4

Volume Four, Chapter 4: "Painful Life Further Re-Miserabled" - Pip and Harry are put to sea with Captain Beehab in a bid to thwart Benevolent and rescue Ripely. But fate has other plans and they are shipwrecked, with Pip soon finding himself on a desert island that holds many surprising secrets.

• EPISODE 5

Volume Four, Chapter 5: "A Now Tricky Life Woefully Miseried Up"  - 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 lead 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.

• EPISODE 6

Volume 4, Chapter 6: "A life destroyed, and then repaired and re-happied" - Pip in the company of Pippa, the Reverend Fecund and Harry Biscuit, now just a brain in a jar, 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 Czar? As fate decides these crucial questions it seems there are a few surprises in store for Pip.

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