Antiquity

Silly, knockabout Radio 4 sitcom pilot set in an antiques shop starring Tim McInnerny. A sinister customer has an amulet

Strand:
Happy Tuesdays
AKA:
Cavendish Curiosities (Working Title)
Genre:
Sitcom
Broadcast:
2010  (BBC Radio 4)
Episodes:
1 Pilot
Starring:
Tim McInnerny
Writers:
Gareth Gwynn, John-Luke Roberts
Production:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

"A very silly Goon-style sitcom" set in an antiques shop starring Blackadder actor Tim McInnerny.

Sassy, cutting, clever, perceptive and in desperate need of a job, Faye Chambers is new to the antiques shop team. She joins Rupert Bull, an old school bounder and cad who has somehow managed to survive into the 21st century, and Toby Atkins, his useless but enthusiastic assistant manager.

Rupert won the shop in a poker competition many years ago, and sees it as little more than a way to make a fast buck. In this pilot episode, the immeasurably lovely local shop-owner Mr Richards has a set of priceless Faberge eggs that need restoring.